Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Reexamination Certificate
1998-08-20
2001-01-23
Bayerl, Raymond J. (Department: 2773)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
C345S215000, C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06177929
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to user interactive computer supported display technology and particularly to such user interactive systems and methods which are user friendly and provide interactive user interfaces which are easy to use for the editing of the displayed information.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The 1990's decade has been marked by a technological revolution driven by the convergence of the data processing industry with the consumer electronics industry. This advance has been even further accelerated by the extensive consumer and business involvement in the Internet over the past few years. As a result of these changes, it seems as if virtually all aspects of human endeavor in the industrialized world requires the distribution of information through interactive computer display interfaces. Information for reporting, marketing, technology and educational purposes, which, in the past, was permitted days and even months for distribution, are now customarily required to be “on-line” in a matter of hours and even minutes. The electronic documents through which such information is distributed is made up of pages, e.g. Internet Web pages of a variety of information types, e.g. text, graphics, photographs and even more complex image types. Because of the limited time factors involved in the creation and updating of computer displayed documents, there is a need for methods and systems for editing such documents which fast and relatively effective. Also, with the emergence of desktop publishing in all areas of publishing: periodicals, newspapers, technical journals and business reports, the need for effective computer display editing has been further reinforced. There are a wide variety of display documents and page editors commercially available. However, each editing program is to a considerable extent specialized in handling one type of display information. For example, the Corel Draw™ series places its emphasis on graphics editing, Adobe Photoshop™ emphasizes editing photographic and similar images while the word processing programs such as Lotus WordPro™ are directed primarily at text. While each editing program does provide some capability with other information types, its strength is usually with one displayed information type. As a result, the user editing displayed information is often forced to make a compromise to achieve fast editing; he has to select the editor directed to his primary information type and accept the more limited function in that editor with respect to other information types in the pages of the documents which he is editing. The present invention is directed to satisfying this deficiency in the editing of displayed documents.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides an interactive display computer editing system providing for the separation of different displayed information types in a designated portion of a document into separate buffers together with means for separately editing the different information types in the buffers. The computer controlled display system includes means for designating a portion of said displayed information in combination with means for storing information of a first type from said portion in a first buffer and means for storing information of a second type from said portion in a second buffer. In addition, first means for editing said stored information of said first type are provided together with a second means for separately editing said stored information of said second type. Accordingly, the user need make no editing compromises. The editor best suited for each information type may be used to edit that particular information type. Further, means for transferring information between buffers is provided; this is particularly valuable for transferring information after it has been edited.
Further, an important aspect of the invention involves means for determining the types of the information in the designated portion wherein the means for storing information in the first and said second buffers is responsive to the means for determining said types of information so that the information is appropriately sorted. An important distinction in types of information is between graphics and text, and such information types may be stored in separate buffers and edited separately. The information in separate buffers may be displayed and edited simultaneously. The invention is applicable to editing more than two information types with separate buffers and editors being provided for each type.
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Maddalozzo, Jr. John
McBrearty Gerald Francis
Shieh Johnny Meng-Han
Bayerl Raymond J.
Emile Volel
International Business Machines - Corporation
Kraft J. B.
Luu Sy D.
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