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System and method for processing document information using password protected icons that represent document content

US5689718A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 1996
Grant dateNov 18, 1997
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/166
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A documentary information processing system for creating and editing a multimedia document. Document files are correspondingly associated with icons symbolizing them. Likewise, partial areas provided within a document are correspondingly associated with icons symbolizing them. On a screen, information (texts, graphs, etc.) within a partial area is deleted and replaced by an icon. The icon is clicked for activation to return the information of the partial area symbolized by the icon onto the screen. There are two printing modes, that is a mode allowing the icon to be printed as it is, and a mode printing original information symbolized by an icon. It is possible to edit a document in editing units of icons. Interrelation can be defined among a plurality of icons.

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