Objects having usage rules that exist outside of the document in which the object is used
US8762835B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/103
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronically manipulative object that is usable in a plurality of different electronic documents comprises at least one electronically stored property that includes an associated rule that affects the object or the electronic document that the object is used in. The at least one electronically stored property and associated rule are elements of the object. The object and at least one of electronically stored property and associated rule exists outside of document that the object is used in. The rule associated with the at least one property is enforced in the plurality of different documents.
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