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Data input and retrieval apparatus

US6446081B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 1999
Grant dateSep 3, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99948
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Input apparatus for a data processing system includes a processor, storage and graphical display in which a free-form source document is input and processed to parse a source document to locate semantically meaningful entities and to store corresponding content data. The graphical display is arranged to generate a visual representation of the source document in which the semantically meaningful entities are represented by pictorial elements.

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