Method and apparatus for creating and maintaining graphic representations of documents under a universal format
US6590674B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 23, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/93
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A document management system for use in a computer system that affords convenient access to documents configured under incompatible formats. The invention allows the graphical depictions of documents configured under a universal format to be stored and maintained in a viewer server that can be accessed by a user on the system. This is accomplished by using a viewer server to extract a graphical image of a document while performing a print operation and storing the image in a separate viewer file. The system can therefore maintain files of a document under its original format and in a separate file under a universal format.
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