EP0076902A2
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System for converting data processing information to text processing format and vice versa
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1982-08-10
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-08-10
Abstract
Abstract A method and means for operating an interactive text processing system (11) wherein the system emulates a terminal for a data processing system (10) which is capable of accessing information from the data processing system data base, copying the information into the text processing system memory, and automatically converting the information from the data processing system format into the text processing system format. Similarly, the text processing system is capable of converting information from its own data base from a text processing system format to a data processing system format and transmitting the information to the data processing system.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Amezcua
- 👤 Silous Floyd Clements
- 👤 John Stephen Coenen
- 👤 Ralph Harvey Dafoe
- 👤 Dennis Malin Ross
- 👤 Richard Ormond Simpson
- 👤 Michael Norman Day
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 19:59
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/12; G06F40/123; G06F40/103; G06F40/151; G06F40/166
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
Information processing system capable of conducting data processing operations wherein the processing affects the value of the information and capable of conducting text processing operations wherein the processing affects the format of the information, characterized in that it comprises : , means for storing data developed by said data processing operations; and means for converting the stored data from a data processing format to a selected text processing format.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
Information processing system capable of conducting data processing operations wherein the processing affects the value of the information and capable of conducting text processing operations wherein the processing affects the format of the information, characterized in that it comprises : , means for storing data developed by said data processing operations; and means for converting the stored data from a data processing format to a selected text processing format.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
Information processing system according to claim 1 characterized in that it comprises : means for.displaying the stored data; means for defining a block of data within the displayed data; and means for converting the defined block of data from a data processing format to a selected text processing format.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
Information processing system according to claims 1 or 2 characterized in that said means for converting includes means for deleting data processing- attribute codes and inserting text processing format codes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
Information processing system according to claims 2 or 3 characterized in that said means for defining a block of data includes means for identifying the start of said block of data as a first cursor position in said displayed data and identifying the end of said block of data as a second cursor position in said displayed data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
Information processing system according to claims 3 or 4 characterized in that said means for converting further includes means for replacing nondisplay data processing attribute codes with text processing space codes and inserting text processing carrier return codes at the end of each line of data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
Information processing system according to any,one of claims 1 to 5 characterized in that it further comprises : means for storing data developed by said text processing operations; and means for converting the stored data from a text processing format to a selected data processing format.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
Information processing system according to claim 6 characterized in that it comprises : means for displaying the stored data; means for defining a block of data within the displayed data; and means for converting the defined block of data from a text processing format to a selected data processing format.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
Information processing system according to of Claim 6 or Claim 7 characterized in that said means for converting includes means for deleting text processing format codes and inserting data processing attribute codes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
59 words
Information processing system according to of Claim 7 or 8 characterized in that said means for defining a block of data includes means for identifying the start of said block of data as a first cursor position in said displayed data and identifying the end of said block of data as a second cursor position in said displayed data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
Information processing system according to of Claim 8 or 9 characterized in that said means for converting further includes means for replacing text processing space codes, text processing tab codes and text processing carrier return codes with nondisplay data processing attribute codes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
65 words
Information processing method for conducting data processing operations wherein the processing relates to the value of the information and for conducting text processing operations wherein the processing relates to the format of the information, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: storing data developed by said data processing operations and converting the stored data from a data processing format to a text processing format.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
65 words
Information processing method for conducting data processing operations wherein the processing relates to the value of the information and for conducting text processing operations wherein the processing relates to the format of the information, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: storing data developed by said data processing operations and converting the stored data from a data processing format to a text processing format.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
46 words
Information processing method according to Claim 11 characterized in that it further comprises the steps of: displaying said stored data; defining a block of data within the displayed data; and converting the defined block of data from a data processing format to a text processing format.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
54 words
Information processing method according to Claim 11 or 12 characterized in that said step of converting further includes the steps of: defining a set of data processing attribute codes; defining a set of text processing format codes; and replacing said data processing attribute codes in said stored data with said text processing format codes.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
45 words
Information processing method according to any one of claims 11 to 13 characterized in that it further comprises the steps of : storing data developed by said text processing operations; and converting the stored data from a text processing format to a data processing format.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
Information processing method according to Claim 14 characterized in that it further comprises the steps of: displaying said stored data; defining a block of data within the displayed data; and converting the defined block of data from a text processing format to a data processing format.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
48 words
Information processing method according to Claim 14 or 15 characterized in that said step of converting includes defining a set of text processing format codes; defining a set of data processing attribute codes; and replacing said set of text processing format codes with said data processing attribute codes.
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