US 06,895,554 B2
Method of document assemblyGeneral
US 06,895,554 B2
Method of document assembly
Tech Center:
2176 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Sanjiv Shah
Art Unit:
2176 Graphical User Interface and Document Processing
Inventors:
Matthew Paul Endress; Kenneth S. Thompson
Assignee:
DataTech Software, Inc.
Priority:
06/06/00
Filed:
06/06/01
Granted:
05/17/05
Expiration:
06/12/17
Abstract
A method of document assembly includes initializing or opening in a memory of a computer a document having at least one live data field. For each live data field opened in the memory, a record is also is initialized in the memory. Each record stores an attribute or property of data received in the corresponding live data field. Data is inserted into a first live data field or data in the first live data field is amended. Data is inserted into a second live data field or data in the second live data field is amended to include the data inserted into or amended in the first live data field based upon the attributes or property of the data stored in the records of the first and second live data fields.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06F40/174G06F