Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Presentation processing of document – Edit – composition – or storage control
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-11
2011-01-11
Hutton, Doug (Department: 2176)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Presentation processing of document
Edit, composition, or storage control
C715S255000, C715S209000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07870485
ABSTRACT:
A system that generates multiple documents using a template document and a data source. During operation, the system receives the data source, which includes parent records, child records, and metadata which describes the data stored in the parent and child records. Next, the system receives the template document which includes tables. The system then generates a flat data source from the data source, wherein the flat data source includes column names for the tables in the template document. Next, the system generates an intermediate document using the template document by concatenating multiple replicas of the template document to obtain an initial version of the intermediate document and by using the flat data source to populate the column names in the tables within the initial version of the intermediate document. The system then generates a final document by using the child records to populate rows in the tables within the intermediate document.
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Alduokhov Sergey
Seliutin Alexander
Stegall Jeffrey D.
Hutton Doug
Intuit Inc.
Park Vaughan Fleming & Dowler LLP
Smith Benjamin J
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