Determining the locations of the contents of bordered areas of a generic form
US5148520A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 1990 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S715/975
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for incorporating a topological two-dimensional partitioning procedure for dynamically creating, revising, storing, displaying and printing generic forms. The generic form contains a plurality of bordered areas. Each of the bordered areas may be included within a larger bordered area, and each of the bordered areas may contain a plurality of nonoverlapping smaller bordered areas, text or graphics. The text includes none, one or more lines of characters and the smaller bordered areas are arranged either vertically or horizontally with relation to each other. The invention includes a strategy for determining the location of the contents of the boardered areas.
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