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5511002 Multimedia player component object system  
A technique for providing routing of various multimedia events throughout the course of a multimedia presentation using a computer with a storage and a display. A processor with an attached...
5511148 Interactive copying system  
A system for generating new documents (20) from originals (4) containing text and/or images (22,28) employing e.g. a camera-projector system (6,8) focussed on a work surface (2), in conjunction...
5502803 Information processing apparatus having a gesture editing function  
When a line is drawn on a screen with a coordinate input pen in a specific shape, the shape of the line drawing is collated with a reference stroke stored in a gesture table. As a result, an edit...
5500937 Method and apparatus for editing an inked object while simultaneously displaying its recognized object  
A method and apparatus for manipulating inked objects in a computer system includes the steps of displaying a first recognized object on a computer screen and displaying a first ink object on the...
5497373 Multi-media interface  
A multi-media interface universally and flexibly supports present (and contemplated) messaging applications including voice mail, facsimile mail, electronic mail, interactive voice response,...
5488717 MTree data structure for storage, indexing and retrieval of information  
Data storage space and data access time are significantly decreased by utilizing a tree structure to store data in memory. Only one copy of each data element common to different data units is...
5485560 Displaying method and system for displaying an object by designating a state of display of the object  
A drawing information processing method and system adapted to offer a plurality of types of standard display results for each object to-be-displayed through instructions. Data for specifying the...
5481664 Method of controlling information in multimedia system  
For each media information element constituting a display screen image in a multimedia system, main data and attribute data are stored in a storage. After the user copies a media information...
5479597 Imaging system for producing a sequence of composite images which combine superimposed real images and synthetic images  
A method of producing images comprising a free combination of real images obtained by a filming system containing a real camera and of synthetic images obtained through a graphics computer equipped...
5475805 Layout and display of structured document having embedded elements  
A document processing system in which, when it is desired to lay out a document structure embedded in a content portion to be laid out, a content layout unit calls a document structure layout unit...
5465326 Mixed-mode transmission control apparatus for adding an identification block to mixed-mode data  
A mixed-mode transmission control apparatus for transmitting a mixed-mode document data from a transmitting terminal to a reception terminal via a network. The apparatus includes a storage part in...
5450598 Finite state machine data storage where data transition is accomplished without the use of pointers  
An FSM data structure is encoded by generating a transition unit of data corresponding to each transition which leads ultimately to a final state of the FSM. Information about the states is...
5448692 Digital image processing device involving processing of areas of image, based on respective contour line traces  
An image processing device incorporated in a digital image forming apparatus and capable of effecting various kinds of digital image processing, e.g., erasing, italicizing and shadowing, and...
5444833 Graphic editing apparatus with grid size selection  
In a graphic editor, a graphic pattern is entered by a pointer with the aid of grid points. The size of the grid points is varied over the entire display image or over a portion of the display...
5434960 Graphic data output apparatus and method of creating and outputting graphic data  
A graphic data output apparatus for creating and outputting graphic data including text or character data is provided with a superimposed text extracting device for extracting text superimposed on...
5430837 Mechanism conceptual drawing formation method and apparatus  
An apparatus and method for creating conceptional drawings for explaining the operation of a machine displays operation symbols corresponding to elements of the machine, selects predetermined...
5428731 Interactive multimedia delivery engine  
An engine for the interactive delivery and presentation of multimedia data. The delivery mechanism is premised on a topic and panel metaphor. A topic is comprised of a series of panels. Each panel...
5428732 Playlist mechanism for specification of complex memory objects  
Multimedia data objects in memory need not be processed serially from beginning to end but may instead be defined as algorithmically generated data streams. This functionality is provided through...
5420695 Image reading and forming apparatus for identifying and correcting the gridlines of a table  
An image forming apparatus has an image reading and correcting device capable of reading a document including a table, identifying the table (guideline) from the document correcting the table, and...
5416900 Presentation manager  
A presentation manager including a module for representing a graphical object on a page, the graphical object having a size and a placement on said page; a module for representing a container...
5416902 Computer-based system and method for editing figures  
A graphic editing system and method uses a terminal for editing line graphic data stored in a host computer. The graphic data of a drawing to be edited is retrieved from a common file and is loaded...
5412566 Variable replacement apparatus  
A variable replacement apparatus which replaces variable names in a text with corresponding variable values, each variable name formed by at least one character and each character in the variable...
5408470 Deferred synchronization of distributed objects  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for communication between agents in an electronic conferencing system. In an electronic conferencing system wherein data is shared between a plurality of...
5388261 Apparatus and method for handling frame overruns in a digital signal processing system  
In a computer system having a digital signal processor for processing a number of tasks within a frame, a method for handling a frame overrun wherein the tasks cannot be processed within the frame....
5383027 Portrait printer system with digital image processing editing  
A portraiture printer system receives portrait film which carries portrait images provided by a portraiture camera. A frame grabber receives portrait images carried on the film and converts them...
5365434 Book enhancer  
A system is provided for inputting of a portion of a word or problem on a specific page of a book for assisting the reader of the book in understanding the term as it is being used in the book. An...
5363482 Graphical system and method in which a function is performed on a second portal upon activation of a first portal  
A graphical system defines a first portal and a second portal; defines a control relationship between the first portal and the second portal; and specifies a function associated with the control...
5363483 Updating objects displayed in a computer system  
A computer display system and technique in which display area is represented as an array of regions, and a record is maintained for each object displayed in the area to identify the regions...
5357431 Character string retrieval system using index and unit for making the index  
A character string retrieval system retrieves a character string corresponding to a retrieval key input thereto from a text file including a plurality of characters. The system includes an index...
5351276 Digital/audio interactive communication network  
A communication system includes a digital network and an audio network such as a telephone system. An audio network server communicates with client work stations in the digital network and with the...
5337403 Digital signal processing method and apparatus including a graphic template display  
A digital signal processing apparatus including a graphic template display including an input circuit for sampling, digitizing and storing successive samples of an input signal, a signal processor...
5327557 Single-keyed indexed file for TP queue repository  
A task queue is structured as a single-keyed indexed file in which the key has a most significant portion indicating a priority level and a less significant portion that is ordered with the loading...
5325297 Computer implemented method and system for storing and retrieving textual data and compressed image data  
A computer implemented method and system for storing and retrieving data representing textual information, and compressed data representing images. Images are scanned into the system, compressed...
5319790 Apparatus automatically entering mode for storing document and mode for reading document in response to representative data indicating whether stored document exists corresponding to input title  
A system for registering and calling documents in a character processing unit includes a memory for storing character string information and title information associated with the character string...
5307266 Information processing system and method for processing document by using structured keywords  
A document processing system for processing documents by using structured keywords comprises an output system and a receiver system. The output system includes a first storage for storing a...
5293314 Word processor having a word frequency count unit  
A word processor capable of determining the frequencies of use of the words in an editable text stored in the text memory includes a frequency count memory provided in an unused area of the text...
5287443 Apparatus for editing documents adapted to reduce a process time of refreshing the documents  
An apparatus for editing documents input from an input device, capable of reducing a process time of renewing the documents to be displayed on a display device and capable of increasing a...
5280430 Computer-aided transcription system providing individualized electonic marking of stenographic records  
A system for providing a textual record of spoken words. The textual record having reference markings selectively provided by a plurality of system users. Keystrokes are inputed under the control...
5280275 Graphical interface control buttons with scalar values  
A method and apparatus for allowing users of computers having a graphical user interface to efficiently convey scalar control information (such as Likert scale data) are described. A graphical...
5274779 Digital computer interface for simulating and transferring CD-I data including buffers and a control unit for receiving and synchronizing audio signals and subcodes  
The present invention provides for at least two levels of buffering in compensating for the delays from and out of the Unix workstation, thus achieving the required timebase correction. At the...
5262948 Word processor  
A text editing apparatus searches a desired character string from a group of stored characters and stores a word within a predetermined range which includes the desired character string into an...
5261040 Text processing apparatus  
A text processing apparatus includes: an external storage device which stores text data and is detachable for the main body of the apparatus; an internal storage device fixed in the main body of...
5258910 Text editor with memory for eliminating duplicate sentences  
A text processing system for example a word processor includes a storage unit with two storage devices. The first storage device can store at least two character strings in an arbitrary order. The...
5257348 Apparatus for storing data both video and graphics signals in a single frame buffer  
A computer subsystem for presenting both video and graphic information on a computer output display in a computer system having a central processing unit and a frame buffer including apparatus for...
5253362 Method for storing, retrieving, and indicating a plurality of annotations in a data cell  
Annotations to data objects are stored in the object instance and may be stored in an annotation file or a reference may be store in a reference file. Once annotated, a cell displaying the data...
5247665 Data base processing apparatus using relational operation processing  
A relational operation processing unit is supplied with addresses of a main memory at which file data (including a file format, a block length, a record length, and the like) of an operation target...
5243518 Document services architecture  
A layered document services architecture facilitating operation and interconnection of electronic printing systems with both resident and non-resident work inputs.
5235680 Apparatus and method for communicating textual and image information between a host computer and a remote display terminal  
A system and method for storing, retrieving displaying, printing and otherwise manipulating color images stored in a central "host" computer from a realtor's remote data terminal includes a host...
5210824 Encoding-format-desensitized methods and means for interchanging electronic document as appearances  
A database system is provided for interchanging visually faithful renderings of fully formatted electronic documents among computers having different hardware configurations and different software...
5197121 Data processing system and editing device aided thereby  
An editing apparatus inputs element data such as document or sentences by use of keyboards, sets a key corresponding to the data in a work station thereof, and is equipped with components for...