This class provides for data processing means or steps wherein
a) human perceptible elements of electronic information (i.e., text
or graphics) are gathered, associated, created, formatted, edited,
prepared, or otherwise processed in forming a unified collection
of such information storable as a distinct entity, b) a user s interaction
with a computer system is used to control the presentation of display
data; such interaction is interpreted and used by a data processor
or computer architecture wherein system level elements of computation
or data processing techniques are used prior to use with or in a
specific display system, or c) a small program takes over a display
screen if there are no keystrokes or mouse movements for a specified
duration.
Registers, appropriate subclasses for data bearing record controlled
systems, basic machines and associated indicating mechanisms for ascertaining
the number of movements of various devices and machines, plus machines
made from these basic machines alone (e.g., cash registers, voting
machines), and in combination with various perfecting features,
such as printers and recording means.
Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual
Display Systems, particularly
subclasses 418 through 475for computer graphics processing which may include
operator interface processing detail; subclasses 156-184 for display
peripheral interface input devices, and subclasses 1.1-111 for visual
display systems with selective electrical control including display
memory organization and structure for storing image data and manipulating
image data between a display memory and display device.
Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing, appropriate subclasses for transmitting, processing,
or reproducing a permanent picture or static presentation processing
for a hard copy (e.g., printer) device.
Telephonic Communications, appropriate subclasses for two-way electrical communication of
intelligible audio information of arbitrary content over a link
including an electrical conductor.
Image Analysis, appropriate subclasses for operations performed
on image data with the aim of measuring a characteristic of an image, detecting
variations, detecting structures, or transforming the image data,
and for procedures for analyzing and categorizing patterns present
in image data.
Surgery,
subclasses 300 through 595for diagnostic testing applications of computers
in the life sciences including patient monitoring and medical imaging.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications,
subclasses 1 through 89for data processing generic control systems; subclasses
90-306 for applications of computers in various environments.
Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics,
Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,
subclasses 1 through 10for linguistics.
Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating,
subclasses 1 through 9for hybrid computers; subclasses 100-714 for calculators,
digital signal processing and arithmetical processing, per se; subclasses
800-854 for electric analog computers.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Memory,
subclasses 1 through 6for addressing particular memory configurations and
systems; subclasses 100-173 for memory accessing and control, per
se; subclasses 200-221 for address formation processing.
Data Processing: Software Development, Installation,
and Management, appropriate subclasses for a data processing software development
tool.
SECTION III - GLOSSARY
ALPHANUMERIC
Any symbol found in the ASCII character
CELL
The intersection of a row and a column of DATA*.
COMPUTER
A machine that inputs DATA*, processes data,
stores data, and outputs data.
DATA
Representation of information in a coded manner suitable
for communication, interpretation, or processing.
DATA PROCESSING
See PROCESSING*, below.
DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
An arrangement of processor(s) in combination with either
memory or peripherals, or both, performing data PROCESSING*.
DISPLAY ATTRIBUTE
A value or code that determines how its representative element
is presented.
DISPLAY CONTROLLER
An electrical circuit which actuates a DISPLAY DEVICE* in
accordance with received IMAGE DATA*.
DISPLAY DEVICE
A communication device which converts IMAGE DATA* into
a VISUAL IMAGE*.
DOCUMENT
An electronic FILE*.
FILE
A block of stored INFORMATION*.
HYPERLINK
An embedded link including code directing process flow
to an alternate or additional DOCUMENT* or location in
a document.
IMAGE
See VISUAL IMAGE below.
IMAGE DATA
DATA* representing a VISUAL IMAGE*.
INFORMATION
Meaning that a human being assigns to DATA* by means
of the conventions applied to that data.
MARKUP LANGUAGE
Any language that provides ways to indicate attributes in
TEXT*.
MEDIA/MEDIA TYPES
A way of presenting information, including TEXT, audio,
video or image.
PRESENTATION
The visually perceptible display of IMAGE DATA*. This
term is synonymous with VISUAL IMAGE (see below).
PRESENTATION PROCESSING
The manipulation of IMAGE DATA* for display.
PROCESSING
Method or apparatus performing systematic operations upon
DATA* or INFORMATION* exemplified by functions
such as data or information transferring, merging, sorting, and
calculating, i.e., arithmetic operations or logical operations.
PROCESSOR
A functional unit that interprets and executes instruction DATA*.
STYLESHEET
A file of DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES* to be applied
to a document.
TEXT
DATA* including ALPHANUMERIC* characters
representing words and symbols. Usually text characters are coded
using a standard such as ASCII, which assigns numeric values to
each character, number, or symbol.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein elements of text-only or diverse
media type data* are gathered, associated, created, formatted,
edited, prepared, or otherwise processed to be presented or wherein
the relationship between the elements in a document or portion thereof
is defined.
(1)
Note. Processes of this subclass type are independent of the
content of the document or dependent on it only in a generic sense.
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Subject matter wherein a particular timing relationship
between the presentation of diverse media is achieved.
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Subject matter wherein a particular characteristic of
document presentation is specified, e.g., a color or text attribute,
etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein textual information in a document* includes
an embedded link that directs process flow to an alternate or additional
document or location within a document, i.e., a hyper link*.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein the document* includes elements
having distinct functionalities combined and used together while
remaining distinct, e.g., a spreadsheet embedded in a word processing
document, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Subject matter wherein processes specific to elements
of different types of media* within a common document* are
accessed and executed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter including simple shapes in a document* combined
with other media types*, e.g., an arrow in a word processing
document, etc.
(1)
Note. Graphical representations of spreadsheet information
are classified elsewhere.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein the elements include data values
organized in cells* where the relationship between the
cells* is defined by formulas.
This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Subject matter wherein multiple instances of spreadsheet
input values with their resulting calculated output values in a
given spreadsheet are produced and manipulated.
(1)
Note. Often, scenario management is used to optimize in some
fashion the result in a particular spreadsheet cell.
This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Subject matter wherein a particular method of filling
or changing the content of a cell* is specified, e.g.,
the translation of the contents of a cell from one location to another,
etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Subject matter wherein the entered detail of information
or the entered data is modified to meet the geometric limitation
of an existing location.
(1)
Note. This subclass includes both changing the size of the
field and formatting the data to fit within the field.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein multiple embodiments of a document* (including
those which are current or earlier) are retained and organized through
the use of various display attributes* for the multiple
embodiments.
(1)
Note. Processing of multiple versions of one or more documents* through
a plurality of display views or simultaneous presentation is classified
herein.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein the elements of data * include
an optional or selectable limited display of textual data related
to data unconditionally displayed, e.g., memo field display related to
text, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 230. Subject matter wherein annotation is represented by
other than textual data, e.g., a paper clip marks the location and
presence of an annotation, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein the document* is created
and processed according to a standardized arrangement of interrelated
hierarchical processing flow and
page layout, e.g., hypertext markup language* (HTML), standard
generalized markup language (SGML), office document architecture
(ODA), or content document architecture (CDA), etc.
(1)
Note. The processing of a document according to a standard
which directs a receiving application as to the layout of its content
is classified herein.
This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein some modification to original
markup language* is performed utilizing stylesheet* information.
This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein structured document processing
adapts to presentation* on multiple displays with different
linear dimensions.
(1)
Note. Subject matter of this subclass type includes changing
the actual structure of the document as opposed to changing merely
the size of the rendering of the document.
This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein a first variety of structured
document is transformed into a second variety of structured document,
e.g., XSL transformation, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein location of desired relevant
portions of a structured document utilizes a previously established
location in the document.
This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein structured document presentation
processing includes overall file size reduction of the structured
document.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein the geometric position of an
element within the document* is altered or specified.
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Subject matter wherein the distance between elements
in the left and right orientation, e.g., kerning, etc., within a
document is altered or specified.
This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein a perimeter of a geometric subset
of a presentation surface within a document or document subset,
e.g., flow of text, figure, column or page balancing, etc., is specified,
modified, or controlled.
(1)
Note. The layout of elements around other elements whose location
has been pre-specified, e.g., a method in which a set of figures
flow around a geometrically locked figure, etc., methods for flowing
text around figures, or methods for handling text across boundaries,
such as line breaks or column breaks, are classified herein.
This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein a layout specification is stored
separately from the data to which such specification is applied.
This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein a layout specification is modified
automatically or a translation is performed between specifications.
This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein the document is divided into
units, i.e., pages, which are sized according to a display or print
medium.
This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein an individual component of a
complete document is positioned therein without direct user intervention.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter including means or steps for developing
or changing a document* wherein one or more elements of
it, e.g., text data, graphics data, control, or format codes,
etc., are added, deleted, or modified, or including means or steps
for storing such an altered document or the alteration
This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Subject matter wherein the editing, composition, or
storage is peculiar to textual information, e.g., hyphenation or
punctuation, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter wherein a lookup table supplies
the proper place where a given word may be broken into syllables.
Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics,
Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,
subclass 10 for dictionary building, modification, or prioritization.
This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter wherein a relatively short group of pre-selected
characters or a symbol is entered and subsequently automatically replaced
by a corresponding longer whole word, i.e., long form.
Data Processing: Structural Design, Modeling,
Simulation, and Emulation, appropriate subclasses for an operator interface
which is culturally based, e.g., based on a particular language,
etc.
Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics,
Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,
subclass 8 for national language support.
This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter including primary and related data, i.e.,
an explanation or comment, where related data is presented at a
position separate from but marked as related to primary data.
This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter wherein an element or other formal code
sequence includes an alphanumeric ideogram, e.g., a mathematical
or formulaic expression, etc.
Image Analysis,
subclasses 119 through 123for an image analysis application using a signature;
and subclasses 186-189 for pattern recognition of handwritten
characters.
This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter wherein a feature of a character set
for a specified collection of information is determined.
(1)
Note. The subject matter of this subclass includes the automatic
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