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US 2006/0242559 A1Published application
Journal file reader
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsBrigette Krantz, Bryan Scott, Kyril Feldman, Reed Townsend, Robert Jarrett, Steven Dodge
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Abstract
A system and process for enabling programmatic access to the contents of documents containing electronic ink are described.
Claims20
A method for providing information about a document, the method comprising:
- accessing the document, wherein the document is formatted using a proprietary binary format;
- traversing contents within the document, wherein the contents include non-textual data;
- and
- producing an output model of the document contents in an output format different from the proprietary binary format, said output format enabling programmatic access to the contents.
1 more element
A system for providing information about a document, the system comprising:
- a memory, for storing the document, wherein the document includes a proprietary format;
- a processor, configured to:
- receive a request to provide information about the document from a requestor;
- traverse contents of the document, wherein the contents comprise non-textual data;
- develop a model of the contents;
- and
- expose the model in a standard format to the requestor, said standard format enabling programmatic access to the contents.
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A method for providing programmatic access to a Journal document, the method comprising:
- accessing the Journal document;
- traversing contents of the Journal document;
- generating a model of the contents using an accessible standard;
- and
- providing access to the generated model.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.