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CLASS 715, DATA PROCESSING: PRESENTATION PROCESSING OF DOCUMENT, OPERATOR INTERFACE PROCESSING, AND SCREEN SAVER DISPLAY PROCESSING

200	PRESENTATION PROCESSING OF DOCUMENT:

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.

201	. Integration of diverse media:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein distinct multiple media types* are unified into a single document* presentation*.

202	.. Authoring diverse media presentation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Subject matter wherein a diverse media* presentation is created.

203	.. Synchronization of presentation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Subject matter wherein a particular timing relationship between the presentation of diverse media is achieved.

204	.. Presentation attribute (e.g., layout, etc.):

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.

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207,	for hyperlink display attributes.

205	. Hypermedia:

	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*.

206	.. Hyperlink organization (e.g., grouping, bookmarking, etc.):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 205. Subject matter wherein multiple hyperlinks* are arranged in a particular manner.

207	.. Hyperlink display attribute (e.g., color, shape, etc.):

This subclass is indented under subclass 205. Subject matter wherein a particular visual characteristic of a hyperlink* is specified.

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204,	for presentation attributes of diverse media.
275,	for color attribute display processing, in general.

208	.. Hyperlink editing (e.g., link authoring, rerouting, etc.):

This subclass is indented under subclass 205. Subject matter wherein some path designated by a hyperlink* is modified.

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255,	for editing, composition, or storage control, in general.

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707,

Data Processing: Database, Data Mining, and File Management or Data Structures, subclasses 609 through 686for database maintenance including synchronizing, archiving, backing up and recovering databases; subclasses 758 through 780 for record, file and data search and comparison; subclasses 687 through 704 for data integrity in databases; subclasses 781 through 789 for access control to a database or file in a computer environment; subclasses 790 through 812 for database design including data structures and data structure management; subclasses 813 through 820 for garbage collection in database environments, and subclasses 821 through 831 for file management, file systems and file directory structures.

209	. Compound document:

	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.

210	.. Matching application process to displayed media:

	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.

211	. Drawing:

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.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclass 440 and 441 for graphic drawings, etc.

212	. Spreadsheet:

	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.

213	.. Alternative scenario management:

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.

214	.. Having dimension greater than two:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Subject matter wherein cells* are organized in structures of three or more dimensions.

215	.. Including graph or chart of spreadsheet information:

This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Subject matter wherein spreadsheet data is represented in equivalent pictorial form.

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211,	for drawing presentation processing.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 440 through 443for graph generating via computer graphics.

216	.. Cell protection:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Subject matter wherein modification of the content of a spreadsheet cell* is inhibited.

217	.. Cell format:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Subject matter wherein the display attributes* within a spreadsheet entry are edited.

218	... Cell hiding:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Subject matter wherein the display of the contents of a spreadsheet cell* is inhibited.

219	.. Particular calculation of cell content:

This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Subject matter wherein a specific mathematical technique is used to generate cell contents.

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267,	for equation or formula processing, in general.

220	.. Particular cell content modification:

	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.

221	. Form:

This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein the elements of data define specific locations reserved for entering data.

(1) Note. This subclass does not cover the processing of entered data.

222	.. Form creation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 221. Subject matter wherein a form document* is generated.

223	... By editing existing form:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 222. Subject matter wherein a new form is created by modifying a previously stored base form.

224	.. Form filling:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 221. Subject matter wherein detail of information is placed in a specified location.

225	... Fitting data into field on form:

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.

226	... Automatic:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Subject matter wherein data is filled into a form without direct user intervention.

227	. Table:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein a block of text is organized in rows and/or columns.

228	.. Ruled lines:

This subclass is indented under subclass 227. Subject matter wherein straight lines indicate rows or columns of text.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclass 443 for the generation of lines.

229	. Version management:

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.

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707,

Data Processing: Database, Data Mining, and File Management or Data Structures, subclasses 609 through 686for database maintenance including synchronizing, archiving, backing up and recovering databases; subclasses 758 through 780 for record, file and data search and comparison; subclasses 687 through 704 for data integrity in databases; subclasses 781 through 789 for access control to a database or file in a computer environment; subclasses 790 through 812 for database design including data structures and data structure management; subclasses 813 through 820 for garbage collection in database environments, and subclasses 821 through 831 for file management, file systems and file directory structures.

230	. Annotation control:

	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.

231	.. Automatically generated:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 230. Subject matter wherein the annotation is generated without direct user intervention.

232	.. Positioning of annotation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 230. Subject matter wherein the manner of spatially locating some type of annotation is specified.

233	.. Annotation by other than text (e.g., image, 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.

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201,	for integration of diverse media.

234	. Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA, 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.

235	.. Stylesheet layout creation/editing (e.g., template used to produce stylesheet, etc.):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein a detail of a stylesheet* generation or modification is specified.

236	.. Stylesheet based markup language transformation/translation (e.g., to a published format using stylesheet, etc.):

This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein some modification to original markup language* is performed utilizing stylesheet* information.

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239,	for conversion between markup languages.

237	.. Markup language syntax validation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein the proper form of markup language* is confirmed.

238	.. Accommodating varying screen size:

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.

239	.. Conversion from one markup language to another (e.g., XML to HTML or utilizing an intermediate format, etc.):

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.

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236,	for stylesheet based markup language transformation or translation.

240	.. Frames:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein structured document processing includes separately scrollable areas.

241	.. Placemark-based indexing:

	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.

242	.. Structured document compression:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter wherein structured document presentation processing includes overall file size reduction of the structured document.

243	. Layout:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein the geometric position of an element within the document* is altered or specified.

244	.. Spacing control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein a distance between elements within a document is altered or specified.

245	... Horizontal spacing:

	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.

246	.. Area designation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein a geometric subset of a presentation surface is specified, e.g., a frame, etc.

247	.. Boundary processing:

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.

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251,	for pagination control.

248	.. Format information in separate file:

	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.

249	.. Format transformation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein a layout specification is modified automatically or a translation is performed between specifications.

250	.. Detecting format code change:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein a modification in a layout specification is recognized.

251	.. Pagination:

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.

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247,	for boundary processing.

252	.. Resizing document:

This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein some overall modification to the linear dimensions of a document is performed.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 660 through 663for scaling utilized in computer graphics processing.

253	.. Automatic placement of document portion:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Subject matter wherein an individual component of a complete document is positioned therein without direct user intervention.

254	. Text summarization or condensation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein an original body of text is transformed into another more compact equivalent.

255	. Edit, composition, or storage control:

	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

256	.. Text:

	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.

257	... Spell check:

This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter including a means for checking the spelling of a word.

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382,	Image Analysis, subclass 231 for checking spelling for pattern recognition.

258	... Determining word hyphenation location:

	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.

259	... Dictionary:

This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter including a file for maintaining a collection of words related to a language.

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704,	Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression, subclass 10 for dictionary building, modification, or prioritization.

260	.... Providing synonym for input word:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Subject matter wherein the dictionary supplies a word having meaning close to a designated word.

261	... Input of abbreviated word form:

	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.

262	... Ideographic generator:

This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter wherein the construction of word, phrase, or sentence is in a pictographic form.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 467 through 473for computer graphics processing character, particularly subclass 472.3 for generation, per se.

263	.... Utilizing geometric (e.g., stroke, etc.) data:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 262. Subject matter wherein the ideographic character is created from selected components of such characters.

264	... Multilingual:

This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter wherein the processing involves text of more than one spoken language.

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703,	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.
704,	Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression, subclass 8 for national language support.

265	.... Having desired language selection:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 264. Subject matter wherein a choice of languages is provided to a user for utilization in text processing.

266	... Footnoting:

	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.

267	... Equation or formula processing:

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.

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219,	for particular calculation of spreadsheet cell content.

268	... Handwritten textual input:

This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter wherein the text includes symbolic data entered by manual transcription of such symbols.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclass 179 for stylus-type display peripheral interface input devices.
382,	Image Analysis, subclasses 119 through 123for an image analysis application using a signature; and subclasses 186-189 for pattern recognition of handwritten characters.

269	... Font selection:

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 or user-specified selection of a predefined font.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclass 467 for the generation of fonts.

270	... Outlining:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter wherein the text may vary in scope of context and may contain or be contained by information of different scope.

271	... Replacement of element:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Subject matter wherein a selected text element is replaced with another text element in the document.

272	.. Block control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Subject matter wherein a subset of elements in a document delineated by a technique of marking such elements is edited.

273	. Display processing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter wherein the document* is prepared for visual output.

(1) Note. Subject matter of this subclass includes processing of a document to enhance the visibility of particular elements through the addition of various display attributes*.

274	.. Print preview:

This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Subject matter wherein an image of data as interpreted by an output device is displayed for operator approval prior to output on a hard copy.

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358,	Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing, subclasses 1.1 through 1.18for the specific static presentation processing to create the image, e.g., for printing, etc.

275	.. Color attribute:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Subject matter wherein data specifying a color code is defined or modified.

276	.. Utilizing page description language:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Subject matter wherein a particular type of programming language, i.e., PDL, provides a detailed specification to an output device for document display.

277	.. Plural documents or plural portions of single document:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Subject matter wherein multiple distinct documents or multiple portions of the same document are processed for display.

700	OPERATOR INTERFACE (E.G., GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE):

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein 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.

(1) Note. Significantly claimed structure external to the user interface methods or apparatuses, claimed in combination with subject matter under this operator interface subclass, which displays or produces an image or sensory message related to such external structure or its function, is classified in the class appropriate to the external structure; however, nominally claimed structure external to this subclass, claimed in combination with subject matter under this subclass definition (e.g., creation or manipulation of icons, menus, windows, and user interactive functions, etc.), is classified in these subclasses unless provided for in the appropriate external subclass.

(2) Note. Processing of interactive data for presentation with at most a nominal recitation of the input device (e.g., where the user’s input is used to control the presentation of display data, etc.) is classified herein.

(3) Note. Windowing techniques that can include interactive processes are classified herein.

(4) Note. A graphical user interface in a television environment will be classified elsewhere, see the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 418 through 475,for a specific hardware for performing graphical data processing; subclasses 155-184, for details of a user input interface device with a specific display system, per se, both physical (e.g., mouse, joystick, keyboard, light pen, touch screen, etc.) and logical (e.g., cursor-pick, select-choice, etc.); subclass 521 for specific display systems that include display memory organization and structure for storing an image and manipulating image data between the display memory and the display system.
705,	Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclasses 1.1 through 45for use of operator interface in electronic financial or business management systems, particularly subclasses 26.1 through 27.2 for electronic shopping systems using an operator interface.
725,	Interactive Video Distribution Systems, subclasses 37 through 61,for a graphical user interface in a television environment.

701	. Force feedback interaction:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein a mechanical resistance is applied to the user in response to a user initiated event (i.e., resistance to movement of a mouse when a region of the display is traversed).

702	. Tactile based interaction:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein there is tactile as well as visual interaction between a user and an operator interface (i.e., vibration).

703	. Cultural based (including language, time, monetary unit displayed):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein the interface customization is based upon the ideas, activities, or ways of behaving that are special to a country, people, or region.

704	. Playback of recorded user events (e.g., script or macro playback):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein user interactions on the interface are stored and regenerated.

705	. Help presentation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein a user can access assistance or information regarding an application or operation interactively.

706	.. Virtual character or avatar (e.g., animated person):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 705. Subject matter wherein the assistance or information is given via a metaphorical graphical image.

707	.. Adaptive to user skill level:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 705. Subject matter wherein the assistance or information provided is adjusted according to determined user proficiency

708	.. Context sensitive:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 705. Subject matter wherein the assistance or information provided is determined by current conditions or a desired operation.

709	... Coaching (e.g., animated example, or handholding or show me execution):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 708. Subject matter wherein the user is shown a pattern to follow in order to achieve a desired result.

710	... Input alert:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 708. Subject matter wherein the current conditions pertain to warning or reminding a user about an input event.

711	... Tool tip (e.g., cursor position based):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 708. Subject matter wherein the condition is based on the graphical location of a user controlled tool.

712	... Topic roadmap or index:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 708. Subject matter wherein the on-line help provides either a detailed explanation or an ordered list of items that guide a user s progress towards a desired outcome.

713	.... Hierarchical:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 712. Subject matter wherein the explanation or list is organized in a pyramidal manner in which each item is linked to items directly beneath it.

714	.. Combining diverse help information (e.g., different sources):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 705. Subject matter wherein a user can simultaneously access assistance or information regarding plural diverse applications or operations interactively.

715	.. Balloon or bubble appearance:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 705. Subject matter wherein the assistance or information is presented in a balloon or bubble format.

716	. On screen video or audio system interface:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein the interface is used for interacting with video or audio systems and applications.

717	.. Multiple diverse systems:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 716. Subject matter wherein a user can simultaneously access plural diverse systems interactively.

718	... Mode switching interface (e.g., switching between TV and computer):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 717. Subject matter wherein a user can traverse between the plural diverse systems (i.e., switching between TV and computer).

719	.. Video interface:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 716. Subject matter wherein the system or application deals specifically with video data.

720	... Video traversal control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 719. Subject matter wherein the video data segments may be traversed interactively.

721	... Indexed control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 719. Subject matter wherein the video program segments are indexed for accessibility (e.g., program guide, etc.).

722	... Video parameter control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 719. Subject matter wherein the parameters of the video data are controlled interactively (e.g., brightness control, etc.).

723	.. For video segment editing or sequencing:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 716. Subject matter wherein portions of video material are arranged into a different order than that in which it was originally arranged.

724	... Cut and paste operation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 723. Subject matter wherein the arranging is performed by selecting material from one location, removing it to storage, and placing it in another.

725	... Trimming:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 723. Subject matter wherein the arranging causes a reduction to specific video material (i.e., deleting excess frames to save on memory space).

726	... Effects or transitions interface:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 723. Subject matter wherein the arranging causes video special effects and juxtapositions (e.g., scene meshing, etc.).

727	. Audio user interface:

This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein there is audio as well as visual interaction between a user and an operator interface.

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340,	Communications: Electrical, subclass 692 for electrical audible alarms, and subclasses 384.1-404.3 for electrical audible indication.
381,	Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices, appropriate subclasses, for audio signal processing in general.
704,	Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression, subclasses 200 through 278, for speech signal processing.

728	.. Audio input for on-screen manipulation (e.g., voice controlled GUI):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 727. Subject matter wherein audio input is used to interact with the interface (e.g., voice controlled GUI, etc.).

729	.. For a visually challenged user:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 727. Subject matter designed to help a user who has impaired eyesight.

730	. Presentation to audience interface (e.g., slide show):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein the interface is used interactively to convey data to an audience.

731	.. Authoring tool:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 730. Subject matter wherein a user creates a presentation interactively.

732	.. Slide manipulating or editing:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 730. Subject matter wherein the data is presented on slides (e.g., slide show, etc.).

733	. For plural users or sites (e.g., network):

This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein concurrently established related or collaborative interfaces are provided to multiple displays.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 418 through 475, for plural displays.
709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring, appropriate subclassesfor details of the transfer of data among a plurality of computers or digital data processing systems.

734	.. Interactive network representation of devices (e.g., topology of workstations):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 733. Subject matter wherein an interface permits a user to perceive or control the distribution or operation of the components making up an arrangement of interconnected systems.

735	... Configuration:

This subclass is indented under subclass 734. Subject matter wherein the interface permits the user to observe, control, or modify the layout or specific function of the individual components.

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709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring, subclasses 220 through 222,for details of the configuration of computer networks.

736	... Network managing or monitoring status:

This subclass is indented under subclass 734. Subject matter wherein the interface permits the user to conduct administrative operations or perform observations of the current state of the components.

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709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring, subclasses 223 through 226,for details of the management of computer networks.

737	... User navigation between devices:

This subclass is indented under subclass 734. Subject matter wherein a user’s central point of focus in the interface may traverse from one network node to another.

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854	through 855, for navigation throughout a hierarchy or network-structured interface.

738	.. Network resource browsing or navigating:

This subclass is indented under subclass 733. Subject matter wherein a user has interactive access to distributed information or functions made available through a certain given user site.

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205,	through 208, for hypermedia document processing.

739	... Selecting from a resource list (e.g., address book):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 738. Subject matter wherein the items of information are organized into a group from which the user makes a choice.

740	.. Remote operation of computing device:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 733. Subject matter wherein a user has access to and control of a data processing system or component at a location removed from the user.

741	.. Access control or permission:

This subclass is indented under subclass 733. Subject matter wherein a user must have permission before gaining control of a graphical user interface.

(1) Note. Permission is usually granted by correctly entering a password.

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726,	Information Security, subclasses 1 through 36for information security in computers or digital processing system.

742	... Interactive portal (e.g., secure point of access):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 741. Subject matter wherein a network location acts to coordinate availability, retrieval, or execution of resources associated with that location.

743	... Access rights to interactive controls:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 741. Subject matter wherein the user interface is capable of establishing, modifying, or observing the function of processes enabled by one or more of the plural sites.

744	.. Interface customization or adaption (e.g., client server):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 733. Subject matter wherein an interactive user environment is specifically established or modified to suit the needs of the user at a given site.

745	... Based on stored usage or user profile (e.g., frequency of use, cookie):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 744. Subject matter wherein the user environment is established using memory contents developed during previous user interactions.

746	... Interface conversion:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 744. Subject matter wherein the user environment is transformed to a different environment affording similar or analogous function through a new presentation mode.

747	... End user based (e.g., preference setting):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 744. Subject matter wherein the operator has direct access to and control of the particulars of the interactive environment.

748	. User interactive multicomputer data transfer (e.g., file transfer):

This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein information is accessed at one site and made available at a second site.

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709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring, subclasses 217 through 219for details of accessing data across a computer network.

749	.. Downloading remote executable (e.g., JAVA CGI):

This subclass is indented under subclass 748. Subject matter wherein the information enables a function or functions not initially held at the second site.

(1) Note. The executables are usually program modules or scripts designed to run on either the platform of the first (i.e., server) side or second (i.e., client) side.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring: subclasses 201 through 203for details of processes distributed among a number of networked systems.

750	. Multiple users on a single workstation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein a plurality of operators are given access to or control of the functions or data maintained in one computer system.

751	. Computer supported collaborative work between plural users:

This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein users at the multiple displays join in completing a given task as a group.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring, subclasses 201 through 203for data processing that is distributed across a computer network.

752	.. Interactive email:

This subclass is indented under subclass 751. Subject matter wherein specifically addressed messages are created and transmitted between sites.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring, appropriate subclasses and particularly subclass 206 for email systems, per se.

753	.. Computer conferencing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 751. Subject matter wherein data from participants at the display sites is distributed to other participants at other collaborative sites.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring, subclasses 204 through 207for email systems, per se.

754	... Multicursor (e.g., multiple on-screen pointers):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 753. Subject matter wherein a plurality of representations corresponding to individual user pointing device inputs are represented at a single site.

755	... Floor control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 753. Subject matter having the ability to moderate meetings and prevent everyone from talking at once by controlling "who has the floor."

756	... Real Time Video:

This subclass is indented under subclass 753. Subject matter wherein the distributed data includes moving images that are immediately displayed.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

716	through 726, for details of textual form filling.

757	... Virtual 3D environment:

This subclass is indented under subclass 753. Subject matter wherein an artificial workspace is created and presented to user in such a way that it appears like a real volumetric spatial region.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

848	through 852, for details of operator interfaces involving video for details of operator interfaces represented by a three-dimensional space.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 419 through 427for details of three-dimensional graphics processing.

758	... Chat room:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 753. Subject matter wherein the distributed data comprises a series of messages submitted and made available to other participants.

759	.. Group window:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 751. Subject matter wherein a display representing the group s work appears at the sites in a constrained screen region.

760	. Mark up language interface (e.g., HTML):

This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein a document-based protocol is used to implement the components of an interactive environment.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

234,	through 242, for detail of structured documents such as HTML.

761	. Plural adjacent interactive display devices:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein the display data is presented in two or more display devices.

762	. User interface development (e.g., GUI builder):

This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein a user is able to author, create, or manage the user interface.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

717,	Data Processing: Software Development, Installation, and Management, subclasses 100 through 167for details of software programming development tools.

763	.. Graphical or iconic based (e.g., visual program):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 762. Subject matter wherein a graphical shape or picture to be selected and manipulated by a user is created directly on a display part of a monitor.

764	. On-screen workspace or object:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter providing a specific element in an interface with which a user can interact.

765	.. Customizing multiple diverse workspace objects:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein distinct interface elements, such as icons, buttons, or menus, may be manipulated.

766	.. Z order of multiple diverse workspace objects:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the priority or overlap of distinct elements may be altered.

767	.. Focus control of multiple diverse workspace objects:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the element that is made the active component may be altered.

768	.. Translucency or transparency interface element (e.g., invisible control):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the relative transparency of an interface element may be modified.

769	.. Data transfer operation between objects (e.g., drag and drop):

This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein data is moved from one location on the screen to another by dragging elements on the screen.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

719,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing System: Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (IPC), appropriate subclassesfor details of interprogram and interprocess communication.

770	... Cut and paste:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 769. Subject matter wherein data to be moved is selected, removed to storage, and then placed at a different location.

771	.. Instrumentation and component modeling (e.g., interactive control panel, virtual device):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein graphical representations of systems elements are used to display variable information relating to operating state or acquired parameter values.

772	... Progress or activity indicator:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Subject matter wherein the interface element indicates the status or progress of a task being processed.

773	... Virtual input device (e.g., virtual keyboard):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Subject matter wherein a user can enter information from an on-screen representation of an input device.

774	.. Ticker metaphor:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the interface element resembles a scrolled region that dynamically displays information in real time.

775	.. Office layout metaphor (e.g., filing cabinet, desk):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the metaphoric object or objects suggest a business environment, enabling access to various items commonly found in a real-world workspace.

776	.. Indexed book or notebook metaphor:

This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the metaphoric object suggests a multi-page text-or document-based item, and wherein user interaction with an associated sub-element causes a corresponding page to be displayed or selected.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclass 473 for details of the animation procedure used to indicate progression to various book pages.

777	.. Tab metaphor (e.g., property sheet):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the on-screen object simulates a short projecting extension of a larger region.

778	.. Multiple virtual screen or desktop switching:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the display includes plural configurations of a desktop configuration.

779	.. Task bar or desktop control panel:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the interface element is an arrangement of graphic indicia that is used to select one of a number of application processes.

780	.. Entry field (e.g., text entry field):

This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein information is entered at a particular location.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

224,	through 226, for details of textual form filling.

781	.. Window or viewpoint:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein all interactions are constrained to one or more portions or regions of the display, which may display all or part of their related information.

782	... 3D Perspective view of window layout:

This subclass is indented under subclass 781. Subject matter wherein the windows are displayed so as to simulate a volumetric spatial arrangement.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

848	through 852, for details of operator interfaces represented by three-dimensional space.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 419 through 427for details of three-dimensional graphics processing.

783	... On-screen window list or index:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 781. Subject matter wherein the interface element is a list of windows from which the user may select.

784	... Window scrolling:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 781. Subject matter wherein, when a window displays only part of its related information, the user can selectively control which portion is displayed.

785	.... Autoscroll:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 784. Subject matter wherein the determination of whether to scroll is based upon factors other than user input.

786	.... Scroll tool (e.g., scroll bar):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 784. Subject matter wherein there is displayed an object which, when manipulated by a user, causes a display to show consecutive lines of data.

787	..... With content attribute on scroll tool:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 786. Subject matter wherein the object displays a value related to a characteristic.

788	... Layout modification (e.g., move or resize):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 781. Subject matter wherein the placement, location, or size of windows relative to the display may be modified.

789	.... Based on usage or user profile (e.g., frequency of use):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 788. Subject matter wherein the layout modification is based upon significant features of how an individual has used the interface.

790	.... Overlap control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 788. Subject matter wherein the placement of displayed windows relative to each other is such that one window may extend over or past and cover a part of another window.

791	..... Always on top:

This subclass is indented under subclass 790. Subject matter wherein one window is, at all times, displayed as if it were placed so as to cover a portion of another window.

(1) Note. "A portion" as used herein includes all and none as well as any portion in between.

792	..... Tiling or split pane:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 790. Subject matter wherein windows are displayed as if arranged so that no portion of one window overlaps a portion of another window.

793	..... Cascading:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 790. Subject matter wherein windows are displayed in an arrangement such that they overlap one another.

794	..... Priority or overlap change (e.g., z-order):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 790. Subject matter wherein priority is used to determine which window of a plurality is in the foreground when windows overlap.

795	...... Minimizing or send to bottom:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 794. Subject matter wherein the window is hidden, or the priority of the window is modified so that the window appears in the background behind all other windows.

796	...... Bring to top:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 794. Subject matter wherein the window is restored to its previous size and the priority of the window is modified so that the window appears in the foreground above all other windows.

797	..... Viewing lower priority window (e.g., overlapped windows):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 790. Subject matter wherein the priority attributes are changed when the user needs to operate within a lower priority window.

798	.... Combining moving and resizing operations (e.g., moving causes resizing):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 788. Subject matter wherein a window’s place or position relative to the display and size relative to the display may both be modified.

799	.... Moving (e.g., translating):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 788. Subject matter wherein a window’s place or position relative to the display may be modified.

800	.... Resizing (e.g., scaling):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 788. Subject matter wherein a window’s size relative to the display may be modified.

801	..... Contained object scale change:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 800. Subject matter wherein an interface element within the window is sized relative to the window.

802	... Focus control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 781. Subject matter wherein the active window may be altered.

803	... Window differentiation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 781. Subject matter wherein windows have attributes that distinguish them from other windows.

804	... Interwindow link or communication:

This subclass is indented under subclass 781. Subject matter wherein windows have established relationships to other windows, allowing communication between windows, grouping of related windows into sets, or allowing operations to be applied in common to groups of windows.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

719,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing System: Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (IPC), subclass 329 for details of data transfer between two windowed programs.

805	.... On-screen link or communication (e.g., cue):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 804. Subject matter wherein an interface element provides visual feedback of the link or communication between windows.

806	... Window memory structure:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 781. Subject matter wherein a storage system is used for storing window data for display.

807	.... Stored priority attribute:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 806. Subject matter wherein the priority attribute that is ued to determine which window of a plurality is in the foreground when windows overlap is copied into a memory device.

808	.. Pop-up control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein an interface element not previously displayed appears on the screen in response to user interaction or when user interaction is required.

809	.. Dialog box:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein there is displayed an enclosed, immovable, area, resembling a window, on the screen that requests some type of information from a user.

810	.. Menu or selectable iconic array (e.g., palette):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the interface element is a list of items from which the user may choose.

811	... Based on usage or user profile (e.g., frequency of use):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein which particular item is displayed depends upon a past history of user selections.

812	.... Preselection (e.g., best guess before mouse click):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 811. Subject matter wherein the interface element is a predicted list of likely items from which the user may choose.

813	.... Default selection item:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 811. Subject matter wherein an item is presented for user selection by default.

814	... Limited time selection opportunity:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein the items listed depend upon a history over a given interval of time.

815	... Sizing modification (e.g., scaling):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein the dimensions of the list of items is modified.

816	... Partial input lookup (e.g., partial string lookup):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein a complete item is presented based upon a partial input.

817	... Context location indication (e.g., previous or next menu item indication):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein indications are provided for navigating among the items.

818	.... Simultaneous next and previous indication (e.g., menu road map):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 817. Subject matter wherein the indications include next and previous items.

819	.... Next menu indication:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 817. Subject matter wherein the indications include next item indication.

820	.... Previous menu indication:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 817. Subject matter wherein the indications include previous item indication.

821	... Emphasis:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein the particular menu displayed is dependent on what a user is doing at a particular moment.

822	.... Preselection emphasis:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 821. Subject matter including a visual indication of a selectable item in focus, e.g., highlighting, etc.

823	.... Selection or confirmation emphasis:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 821. Subject matter wherein a particular visual intensity is given to that part of the menu that has been selected.

824	.... Unavailable emphasis:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 821. Subject matter wherein visual attention is given to items that are not selectable.

825	... Dynamically generated menu items:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein the list of menu items is developed during the course of user interaction.

826	... Add on item (e.g., software developed, customized):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein an item is appended to the interface.

827	... Mnemonic (e.g., accelerator key):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein instructions are assigned to abbreviated inputs.

828	... Partial menu display (e.g., one menu item at a time):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein the list of items is partially displayed in response to user interaction.

829	.... Advancing to next menu item in the same menu:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 828. Subject matter wherein selection emphasis is moved to a next menu item in the list.

830	..... Scrolling (e.g., spin dial):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 829. Subject matter wherein the list of items is moved to a particular portion.

831	.... With specific input device:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 828. Subject matter configured for a particular input device.

832	... Analog selection style:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein selection takes place over a continuously variable range (e.g., dial, etc.).

833	... Slider control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein a graphical control appears to move smoothly along a surface.

834	... Radial based (e.g., radial or pie menu):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein each item is displayed in the form of a sector of a circle.

835	... Selectable iconic array:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein an interface element is a graphical representation of a function or system resource that is accessed when the graphical representation is selected by user interaction.

836	.... 3D icons:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 835. Subject matter wherein displayed icons have a three-dimensional appearance.

837	.... Compound or aggregate icon:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 835. Subject matter wherein icons are a collection of smaller units.

838	.... Thumbnail or scaled image:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 835. Subject matter wherein the icons are reduced scale images.

839	.... Imitating real life object:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 835. Subject matter wherein an icon graphically suggests a real-world item that performs a function analogous to a function invoked by selection of the icon.

840	... Using button array:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein the menu is composed of an arrangement of symbolic graphical selection indicia (e.g., pick region, etc.).

841	... Sub-menu structure:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein the user may traverse a number of related and linked menu lists, based upon successive choices.

842	.... Tear off:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 841. Subject matter wherein a sub-menu can be moved around the screen.

843	.... Pull down:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 841. Subject matter wherein a sub-menu appears directly beneath a selected item

844	... Timed:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein the displaying of the menu items is influenced by time.

845	... Multiple selections in a single menu:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 810. Subject matter wherein a plurality of menu items can be simultaneously selected.

846	.. Non-array icons:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein the icons are not linked to each other.

847	... Shortcut:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 846. Subject matter wherein the interface element is a graphical representation that provides an immediate access to a file or function.

848	.. Interface represented by 3D space:

This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter providing a simulation of the workspace in volumetric space.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 419 through 427for details of particular three-dimensional graphics manipulation, rendering, or presentation techniques used to generate the interface.

849	... Individual object:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 848. Subject matter wherein graphical elements having three-dimensional attributes are used.

850	... Navigation within 3D space:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 848. Subject matter including traversing in the 3D workspace.

851	.... On-screen navigation control:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 850. Subject matter including on-screen controls for traversing the 3D workspace.

852	... Picking 3D object:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 848. Subject matter wherein a user selects an object that is graphically represented in three dimensions.

853	.. Hierarchy or network structure:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein interface elements are organized into a tree structure type or a linked node grouping.

854	... Navigation within structure:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 853. Subject matter wherein the user can navigate through the interface by following the links from one node to another.

855	.... On-screen roadmap or index:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 854. Subject matter wherein there is provided either a detailed explanation or an ordered list of items that guide a user s progress towards a desired outcome.

856	.. Cursor:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 764. Subject matter wherein there is an on screen object that moves as a mouse is moved, and where commands and options are selected by positioning a portion of cursor or pointer over the desired choice and clicking a mouse button.

857	... Pointer direction adjustment:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 856. Subject matter wherein the orientation of the pointer or cursor is changed interactively.

858	... Automatic position adjustment:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 856. Subject matter wherein the position of the pointer or cursor is corrected automatically (i.e., after an interface is changed in some fashion).

859	... Status indicator:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 856. Subject matter wherein an object that has a cursor or pointer over it is graphically modified.

860	.... Selection emphasis:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 859. Subject matter wherein the modification is highlighting.

861	.... Dynamically changed appearance (e.g., animated or live action):

This subclass is indented under subclass 859. Subject matter wherein a simulation of movement of a pointer is created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames (i.e., animated or live action).

(1) Note. The difference between animation and video is that video takes continuous motion and breaks it up into discrete frames, animation starts with independent pictures and puts them together to form the illusion of continuous motion.

862	... Proximity detection:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 856. Subject matter wherein, for selection of an on-screen object, a portion of the cursor or pointer is placed anywhere in a region close to the selected object.

863	. Gesture-based:

This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein a path or shape described by user input is indicative of a desired operation.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 156 through 184for the details of user input devices used to accomplish such input.
382,	Image Analysis, appropriate subclasses for details of the detection of the identity of a desired operation on the basis of an image defined by the path or shape.

864	. For a small display screen (e.g., personal digital assistant, palm-top):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein the interface is used on a portable system.

865	. Miscellaneous interface for the handicapped or disabled user:

This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter designed to help physically or mentally impaired users.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

729,	for audio user interfaces designed for visually impaired users.

866	. Miscellaneous customization or adaptation:

	This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Subject matter wherein an aspect of the operator interface is modified or established.

867	SCREEN SAVER DISPLAY:

	This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein a small program takes over the display screen if there are no keystrokes or mouse movements for a specified duration.

961	OPERATOR INTERFACE WITH VISUAL STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION DICTATED BY INTENDED USE:

This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a user interactive arrangement is designed around and specific to a given task.

(1) Note. This cross-reference art collection is intended to include subject matter relating to more than nominal details of operator interfaces which are characteristic of the given task. It is not intended to include subject matter directed to details of the task itself.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

700	through 867, for specific details of the visual structure of an operator interface.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 700 through 867, for specific details of the visual structure of an operator interface.

962	. Operator interface for marketing or sales:

This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is a commercial function involving user response.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

705,	Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination, appropriate subclasses when the recitation of user interface is nominal and secondary to the commercial function itself, as may appear in an automated financial, business practice, or management system.

963	. Calendar or scheduling:

This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is designating the time or date of one or more events.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

705,	Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclasses 7.13 through 7.26for automated scheduling related to operations research in a business environment.

964	. CAD or CAM (e.g., interactive design tool):

This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is a part of computer aided design or computer aided manufacturing.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 419 through 427for specific three-dimensional object processing used with such an interface and subclass 619 for specific three-dimensional object processing used with such an interface.
700,	Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications, subclasses 95 through 212, for use of operator interface in CAD or CAM product manufacturing.

965	. For process control and configuration:

This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is specifying or modeling system functions or connections.

(1) Note. This cross-reference art collection is intended to include operator interface having only nominal details of the structure of associated system components.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

700,	Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications, subclasses 83 through 85,for the particular details of control systems including a device or apparatus controlled thereby in which an operator control interface is used with the control system.

966	.. Computer process (e.g., operation of computer):

This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 965. Collection of art wherein the system is a data processing system.

(1) Note. Examples of such an operator interface are those in which a data processing system is controlled or configured in a supervisory manner. This cross-reference art collection is not intended to include operator interfaces whose display content is determined by an arbitrary function of the data processing system.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

700	through 867, for general use of operator interfaces for display.

967	... Visual or iconic programming:

This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 966. Collection of art wherein the functions or connections are graphically and symbolically designated, represented, and edited.

(1) Note. This cross-reference art collection is intended to include subject matter directly relating to operator interface details involved in the manipulation of computer system functions or connections.

968	... Interface for database querying and retrieval:

This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 966. Collection of art wherein the function of the data processing system is accessing stored information on the basis of user specification.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

707,	Data Processing: Database, Data Mining, and File Management or Data Structures, subclass 634 for synchronization maintenance interface, subclass 654 for backup interface, and subclasses 805 through 806 for database, schema, and data structure creation and/or modification with operator interface.

969	.. Network layout and operation interface:

This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 965. Collection of art wherein connections are designated which establish associative links between a plurality of system components or nodes.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring, appropriate subclassesfor means or steps for detecting or observing characteristics or conditions of the network.

970	.. Instrumentation and component modelling (e.g., interactive control panel):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 965. Collection of art wherein graphical representations of system elements are used to display variable information relating to operating state or acquired parameter values.

970.1

. Amusement or marital aid interface:

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is the operation of an amusement device or relating to the state of marriage.

971	COOPERATIVE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR GROUP OF USERS:

	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a group of users at plural display interface sites join in the collaborative effort required to effect a single desired choice related to a common task.

972	INSERTED REAL-TIME VIDEO IN OPERATOR INTERFACE:

	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a computer graphics display is capable of supporting, within its interactive screen region, the depiction of a live-action sequence or a captured still image from such a sequence.

973	SCROLL TOOL (E.G., WINDOW SCROLL BAR):

This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein operator interface display elements may be used to select a portion to be displayed in a constrained region by interaction with on-screen tools which graphically represent the location of the selected portion.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclass 684 , display control scrolling in general.

974	SLIDER CONTROL AS ON-SCREEN OBJECT IN OPERATOR INTERFACE:

	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein an interactive user controls the setting of a value or condition within a computer system by the motion of one sub-portion of an interface element with respect to others.

975	POP-UP DIALOG BOX FOR ENTRY:

This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a display region appears for an interactive user where it had not been previously for the purpose of obtaining input or information indications from the user.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

808,	for pop-up control in general.
809,	for a dialog box in general.

976	3-D ICON:

This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a symbolic representation of a function or system resource in an interactive user display appears with a perspective appearance.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

836,	for a selectable array of 3D icons.
846	through 847, for non-array icons.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 419 through 427, for computer graphics methods or apparatus for generating the perspective display.

977	DYNAMIC ICON (E.G., ANIMATED OR LIVE ACTION):

This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a symbolic representation of a function or system resource in an interactive user display appears with an attribute of real-time motion within the display screen space.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 473 through 475for details of animation processing used to create the attribute of real-time motion.

978	AUDIO INTERACTION AS PART OF AN OPERATOR INTERFACE:

This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein sounds are used as input to or output from an operator interface.

(1) Note. This collection is intended to include interface arrangements which, in addition to graphical features, provide the user with auditory control or feedback to enhance the graphical effect.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

704,	Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression, subclasses 200 through 278, for speech signal processing.

FOR000

CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS

	This subclass has no definition.

FOR 176

OPERATOR INTERFACE (345/326):

This foreign art collection is indented under the class definition. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein 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 areused prior to use with or in a specific display system.

(1) Note. Significantly claimed structure external to the user interface methods or apparatuses, claimed in combination with subject matter under this operator interface subclass, which displays or produces an image or sensory message related to such external structure or its function, is classified in the class appropriate to the external structure; however, nominally claimed structure external to this subclass, claimed in combination with subject matter under this subclass definition (i.e., creation or manipulation of icons, menus, windows, and user interactive functions), is classified in these subclasses unless provided for in the appropriate external subclass.

(2) Note. Processing of interactive data for presentation with at most a nominal recitation of the input device (i.e., where the user s input is used to control the presentation of display data) is classified herein.

(3) Note. Windowing techniques which can include interactive processes are classified herein.

FOR 177

. Interaction in a television environment (345/327):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the user is given control over operations involving broad, real-time, or live-action video signals.

FOR 178

.. For video segment editing or sequencing (345/328):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 177. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the operations include arranging portions of acquired video material into a different order than that in which it was originally obtained.

FOR 179

. For plural users or sites (345/329):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein concurrently established related or collaborative interfaces are provided to multiple displays.

FOR 180

.. Computer conferencing (345/330):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 179. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein data from participants at the display sites is distributed to other participants at other collaborative sites.

FOR 181

.. Computer supported cooperative work (345/331):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 179. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein users at the multiple displays join in completing a given task as a group.

FOR 182

... Group window (345/332):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 181. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a display representing the group s work appears at the sites in a constrained screen region.

FOR 183

. Interface customization or edition (345/333):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an aspect of the operator interface is modified or established.

FOR 184

.. Graphical appearance (345/334):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 183. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a visual attribute of an element in the operator interface is modified.

FOR 185

.. Link between object and task or function (e.g., client/server) (345/335):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 183. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the aspect is a relationship between interface feature and routine performed.

FOR 186

. Having on-line help (345/336):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a user can access assistance or information regarding an application or operation interactively.

FOR 187

.. Adaptive to user skill level (345/337):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 186. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the assistance or information provided is adjusted according to a determined user proficiency.

FOR 188

.. Context sensitive (345/338):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 186. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the assistance or information provided is determined by current conditions or a desired operation.

FOR 189

. On-screen workspace or object (345/339):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter providing a specific element in an interface with which a user can interact.

FOR 190

.. Window (345/340):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein all interactions are constrained to one or more portions or regions of the display, which may display all or part of their related information.

FOR 191

... Window scrolled to needed portion (345/341):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 190. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein, when a window displays only part of its related information, the user can selectively control which portion is displayed.

FOR 192

... Layout modification (e.g., move or resize) (345/342):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 190. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the place, location, or size of windows relative to the display may be modified.

FOR 193

... Window differentiation (345/343):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 190. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein windows have attributes which distinguish them from other windows.

FOR 194

.... Priority (345/344):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 193. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the attribute is priority, which is used to determine which window of a plurality is in the foreground when windows overlap.

FOR 195

..... Viewing lower priority window (345/345):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 194. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the priority attributes are changed when the user needs to operate within a lower priority window.

FOR 196

... Interwindow link or communication (345/346):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 190. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein windows have established relationships to other windows, allowing communication between windows, grouping of related windows into sets, or allowing operations to be applied in common to groups of windows.

FOR 197

.. Pop-up control (e.g., message or dialog box) (345/347):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an interface element not previously displayed appears on the screen in response to user interaction or when user interaction is required.

FOR 198

.. Icon (345/348):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an interface element is a graphical representation of a function or system resource which is accessed when the graphical representation is selected by user interaction.

FOR 199

... Metaphoric icon object (345/349):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 198. Foreign art collections including subject matter wherein an icon graphically suggests a real-world item which performs a function analogous to a function invoked by selection of the icon.

FOR 200

.... Indexed book or notebook (345/350):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 199. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the meta object suggests a multi-page text- or document-based item, and wherein user interaction with an associated sub-element causes a corresponding page to be displayed or selected.

FOR 201

.... Office layout (e.g., filing cabinet, desk) (345/351):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 199. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the metaphoric object or objects suggest a business environment, enabling access to various items commonly found in a real-world workspace.

FOR 202

.. Menu (345/352):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the interface element is a list of items from which the user may choose.

FOR 203

... Sub-menu structure (345/353):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 202. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the user may traverse a number of related and linked menu lists, based upon successive choices.

FOR 204

... Using button array (345/354):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 202. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the menu is composed of an arrangement of symbolic graphical selection indicia (e.g., pick region).

FOR 205

.. Interface represented by 3D space (345/355):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the user appears to move within a 3D space of interface elements.

FOR 206

.. Hierarchy or network structure (345/356):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein interface elements are organized into a tree structure type or a linked node grouping.

FOR 207

... Navigation within structure (345/357):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 206. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the user can navigate through the interface by following the links from one node to another.

FOR 208

. Gestured-based (345/358):

	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a path or shape described by user input is indicative of a desired operation.

FOR 209

PRESENTATION PROCESSING OF DOCUMENT (715/500):

	This foreign art collection is indented under the class definition. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein humanly 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.

FOR 210

. Synchronization of diverse media (715/500.1):

This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a presentation includes elements having more than one data type where the elements are presented in a predetermined order and timing relationship.

(1) Note. Authoring, playing, or recording a presentation which includes synchronization of different media is classified herein.

FOR 211

. Hypermedia (715/501.1):

This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information includes embedded links or format codes that direct process flow to alternate or additional displays.

(1) Note. Authoring, playing, or recording a presentation which includes synchronization of different media is classified herein.

FOR 212

. Drawing (715/502):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information may include a graphic presentation formatted as a drawing document, such as CAD and CAM designs.

FOR 213

. Spreadsheet (715/503):

This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information include may include numerical information and is formatted into a ledgerlike worksheet.

(1) Note. The processing of the informational content within cells of a ledgerlike sheet is classified herein.

FOR 214

.. Cell format control (715/504):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 213. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the format within each spreadsheet entry is controlled.

FOR 215

. Form (715/505):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the information is inserted at a designated geometric location within a document.

FOR 216

.. Form creation (715/506):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 215. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the geometric location is specified.

FOR 217

.. Form filling (715/507):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 215. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein placing information in the location provided for such information is performed.

FOR 218

... Fitting data into field on form (715/508):

	This subclass is indented under FOR subclass 217. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information or the geometric location is modified to meet the limitations of an existing field geometric constraint.

FOR 219

. Table (715/509):

	This subclass is indented subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information may include numerical information and is formatted into a tabular format.

FOR 220

.. Ruled lines (715/510):

This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 219. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein straight linear curves are created to indicate rows or columns in the tabular presentation.

(1) Note. The processing of lines for the division of cells within a table is classified herein.

FOR 221

. Version management (715/511):

This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein previous embodiments of documents 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.

FOR 222

. Version management (715/512):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an optional or selectable limited display of textual data related to data unconditionally displayed (e.g., memo field display related to text) is performed.

FOR 223

. Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA) (715/513):

This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the document is created and processed according to a standardized of interrelated hierarchical flow and page layout (e.g., office document architecture (ODA), content document architecture (CDA), standard generalized markup language (SGML), or hypertext markup language (HTML)).

(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.

FOR 224

. Hierarchical control (715/514):

This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information may vary in scope of context and may contain or be contained by information of different scope.

(1) Note. This includes subject matter where textual information is divided into sets, at least one of which contains a subset and where each subset may in turn contain subsets, and where the data is controlled by each set and subset.

FOR 225

.. Compound document (715/515):

This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 224. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the document includes elements having different data types.

(1) Note. The processing of a document containing multiple types of elements is classified herein.

FOR 226

... Matching application process to displayed data type (715/516):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein processes specific to elements of different data formats within a common document are accessed and executed.

FOR 227

. Layout (715/517):

	This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein geometric positioning of elements within the document is altered or specified.

FOR 228

.. Spacing control (715/518):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a distance between elements within documents is altered or specified.

FOR 229

... Horizontal spacing (715/519):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 228. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the distance between elements in the left and right orientation (e.g., kerning) within documents is altered or specified.

FOR 230

.. Area designation (715/520):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a geometric subset of a presentation surface is specified (e.g., a frame).

FOR 231

.. Boundary processing (715/521):

This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227.Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein perimeters of geometric subsets of a presentation surface within documents or document subsets (e.g., flow of text, figures, column or page balancing) are 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), methods for flowing text around figures, or methods for handling text across boundaries, such as line breaks or column breaks, is classified herein.

FOR 232

.. Format information in separate file (715/522):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein layout specifications are stored separately from the data to which such specifications are applied.

FOR 233

.. Format transformation (715/523):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein layout specifications are modified automatically or translated between specifications.

FOR 234

.. Detecting format code change (715/524):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a modification in a layout specification is recognized.

FOR 235

.. Pagination (715/525):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the document is divided into units (i.e., pages) which are sized according to a display or print medium.

FOR 236

. Display processing (715/526):

This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the document is prepared for visual output.

(1) Note. Processing of a document to enhance the visibility of particular elements through the addition of various attributes is classified herein.

FOR 237

.. Print preview (715/527):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 236. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an image of data as interpreted by an output device is displayed for operator approval prior to output on a hard copy output device.

FOR 238

.. Color attribute (715/528):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 236. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein data specifying a color code is defined or modified.

FOR 239

.. Text attribute (715/529):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 236. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein data specifying a font text characteristic (e.g., italics, bold, underline, size, or highlighting) is defined or modified.

FOR 240

. Edit, composition, or storage control (715/530):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter including means or steps for developing or changing a document wherein one or more elements of a document (i.e., text, graphics, control, or format codes) are added, deleted, or modified, or including means or steps for storing the resultant altered document or the alterations.

FOR 241

.. Text (715/531):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 240. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the editing, composition, or storage is peculiar to the textual information (e.g., hyphenation or punctuation).

FOR 242

... Dictionary (715/532):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter including a memory means for storing a collection of words related to a language.

FOR 243

... Spell check (715/533):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter including a means for checking the spelling of a word.

FOR 244

... Input of abbreviated word form (715/534):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a group of pre-selected characters or a symbol (i.e., short form) is replaced by a whole word (i.e., long form).

FOR 245

... Ideographic generator (715/535):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the construction of word, phrase, or sentence is in a pictorial character form or a non-Roman phonetic symbol.

FOR 246

... Multilingual (715/536):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the processing of the textual information is performed in more than one language.

FOR 247

... Footnoting (715/537):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the elements include primary and related data (i.e., an explanation or comments) where related data is presented at a position separate from but marked as related to primary data.

FOR 248

... Equation or formula processing (715/538):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the elements or other formal code sequences include a mathematical or formulaic expression.

FOR 249

.. Block control (715/539):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 240. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a subset of elements in a document delineated by a technique of marking such elements is edited.

FOR 250

.. Replacement of element (715/540):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 240. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a selected element is replaced with another element in the document.

FOR 251

.. Handwritten textual input (715/541):

	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 240. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information includes symbolic data entered by manual transcription of such symbols.

FOR 252

. Font selection (715/542):

This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the features of a character set for a specified collection of information are determined.

(1) Note. The automatic or user-specified selection of a predefined font is classified herein.

FOR 253

DOCUMENT STRUCTURAL ELEMENT (715/900):

	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Foreign art collection including subject matter comprising methods or apparatus for processing data formatted for presentation in a unified collection of such information (document) with special structural element that are not provided for elsewhere.

FOR 254

. Active document (715/901):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a document contains elements or attributes which include or procedural instructions which are executed upon the document or its environment.

FOR 255

. Multilayer document (715/902):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within documents contains multiple textual elements in depth layers allowing for transparency, opacity, and coloration based on layers.

FOR 256

. 3-D spreadsheet (715/903):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within spreadsheet documents is contained within spreadsheets having the dimensions of depth, height, and width.

FOR 257

. Details of spreadsheet data records (715/904):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within spreadsheet documents contain presentation data specified at individual data record levels.

FOR 258

. Spreadsheet cell protection (715/905):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within spreadsheet documents is write-protected.

FOR 259

. Creating one form from another (715/906):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within a form specifies a new set of field relationships based on an existing set of relationships.

FOR 260

. Hierarchical document control with vary levels of detail (715/907):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information is presented in greater or lesser relative amounts of data based on the level of precision (e.g., outlining).

FOR 261

. Document format layout template (715/908):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information predefines the geometric positioning of text.

FOR 262

. Document page collating (715/909):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information orders and numbers document pages.

FOR 263

. Document presenting plural pages on a single sheet (715/910):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information presents multiple pages of information on a single substrate which can be cut or folded to present each page as a separate physical entity.

FOR 264

. Document page description processing (715/911):

	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information presents the display of textual data based on the interleaved data and instructions for display.