US4827447A
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Method for selectively returning to the beginning or the previous revision point in document edition
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1986-06-13
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Granted: 1989-05-02
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Expires: 2006-06-13
Abstract
Abstract Upon termination of the editing of a document, the editing program saves a pointer in the document which contains the location of the character or control at the cursor location when editing was terminated. Then, when editing of the document is resumed, the operator has the option to return to this saved, last revision point location or instead, to the beginning of the document as has been the case with prior art editors. The pointer to the last edit location is saved with the document itself, on the storage media, so that any operator using any copy of the editor with which the document is compatible, can return on any document to the last revision location regardless of the number of intervening documents which have been edited.
Inventors
- 👤 Rosimbo E. Croes
- 👤 Alice V. Gentry
- 👤 Milton L. Gentry, Jr.
- 👤 Melvin R. Kendrick
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 02:45
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A method of revising a document with a data processing system comprising: storing with said document on a computer storage media a location of a smallest revisable entity addressed for revision at the end of a first revision pass; selecting a default data processing system mode of operation which ordinarily causes said system to automatically return to the beginning of said document on a succeeding revision pass; and returning automatically to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision in said document on a succeeding revision pass instead of returning to the beginning of said document by said data processing system in response to selection by an operator of a return to last revision point mode of operation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
120 words
A method of revising a document with a data processing system comprising: storing with said document on a computer storage media a location of a smallest revisable entity addressed for revision at the end of a first revision pass; selecting a default data processing system mode of operation which ordinarily causes said system to automatically return to the beginning of said document on a succeeding revision pass; and returning automatically to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision in said document on a succeeding revision pass instead of returning to the beginning of said document by said data processing system in response to selection by an operator of a return to last revision point mode of operation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said location stored on said computer storage media of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision comprises a record number within said document which contains a character or control code at said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision and an offset within said record to said character or control code.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
127 words
A method of revising a document with a data processing system comprising: storing with said document on a computer storage media a location of a smallest revisable entity addressed for revision at the end of a first revision pass; selecting a default data processing system mode of operation which ordinarily causes said system to automatically return to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision on a succeeding revision pass; and returning automatically to said beginning of said document on a succeeding revision pass instead of returning to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision of said document by said data processing system in response to selection by an operator of a return to the beginning of the document mode of operation.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
127 words
A method of revising a document with a data processing system comprising: storing with said document on a computer storage media a location of a smallest revisable entity addressed for revision at the end of a first revision pass; selecting a default data processing system mode of operation which ordinarily causes said system to automatically return to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision on a succeeding revision pass; and returning automatically to said beginning of said document on a succeeding revision pass instead of returning to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision of said document by said data processing system in response to selection by an operator of a return to the beginning of the document mode of operation.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
122 words
A method of revising a document with a data processing system comprising: storing with said document on a computer storage media a location of a smallest revisable entity addressed for revision at the end of a first revision pass; selecting a default data processing system mode of operation which ordinarily causes said system to automatically return to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision on a succeeding revision pass; and returning automatically to said beginning of said document on a succeeding revision pass instead of returning to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision of said document by said data processing system in response to processing of a task which affects the entirety of said document.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
122 words
A method of revising a document with a data processing system comprising: storing with said document on a computer storage media a location of a smallest revisable entity addressed for revision at the end of a first revision pass; selecting a default data processing system mode of operation which ordinarily causes said system to automatically return to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision on a succeeding revision pass; and returning automatically to said beginning of said document on a succeeding revision pass instead of returning to said location of said smallest revisable entity addressed for revision of said document by said data processing system in response to processing of a task which affects the entirety of said document.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said task is a pagination task performed by said data processing system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said task is a spell checking task performed by said data processing system.
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