EP0332557A2
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Separation of document layout and data elements
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1989-01-17
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-01-17
Abstract
Abstract Separate storage of layout and data components composed on a computer system permits editing of either component independent of the other. Normally, format controls are stored with data, and to edit either requires calling both. By separately storing and retrieving layout and data components, considerable flexibility is achieved in the creation, processing and assembly of those components in various combinations into one or more documents.
Inventors
- 👤 Barbara Ann Barker
- 👤 Thomas R. Edel
- 👤 Jeffrey A. Stark
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 21:27
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/12; G06F40/123; G06F40/103; G06F40/166
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
33 words
A method of improving editing capabilities of a document composed on a computer system comprising the step of separately storing document layout and data components describing the document for independent retrieval and editing.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
33 words
A method of improving editing capabilities of a document composed on a computer system comprising the step of separately storing document layout and data components describing the document for independent retrieval and editing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of improving editing capabilities as recited in claim 1 further comprising the step of creating a new layout for the document independent of the existence and content of data components.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of improving editing capabilities as recited in claim 1 further comprising the step of using an existing layout as the layout for the document independent of the existence and content of data components.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of improving editing capabilities as recited in claim 3 further comprising the step of modifying said existing layout before using it as the layout for the document.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of improving editing capabilities as recited in claim 1 further comprising the step of creating new data components for the document independent of the existence and content of layout components.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of improving editing capabilities as recited in claim 1 further comprising the step of using an existing data component as a data element in said document independent of the existence and content of layout components.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of improving editing capabilities as recited in claim 6 further comprising the step of modifying an existing data component before using the data component in said document.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of improving editing capabilities as recited in claim 1 wherein said document is a mixed data object document including text, table, graphic and/or image data objects further comprising the steps of: creating new data components independent of the existence and content of other data components; and inserting said new data components and said other data components in a common layout component.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of improving editing capabilities as recited in claim 8 further comprising the step of mixing and matching any combination of the same and different data components with the same layout component.
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