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US 2007/0192671 A1Published application
Document management systems
OwnerJerry RUFENERinventor
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Abstract
A document management technique includes a database of text strings, a document templates in the form of a doubly link or other list of text strings in the text string database which include attribute codes related to editing, approving, and displaying or printing test strings. Revised templates and text strings are saved as new templates and text strings so that the version of the document before any particular revision may easily be tracked and reproduced.
Claims20
A method for managing a document, comprising:
- providing a database of text strings including words;
- providing a document template in the form of a list of at least some of the text strings in the text string database,
- the list including a first, a last and intermediate text strings, each text string in the list except the first providing a link to a prior text string and each text string in the list except the last providing a link to a subsequent text string,
- each listed text string including attribute codes indicating
- if the related text string may be edited,
- if the related text string is required in a final document to be produced from the document template and
- any approvals required for the modification of the text string for use in the document to be produced from the document template;
- providing a user interface permitting a user to access and revise the document template;
- saving the revised document template as new template;
- saving revised text strings as new text strings in the text string database and revising the document template list to include such revised text strings;
- and
- producing the document from the revised document template in accordance with the database of text strings.
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A document management system, comprising:
- a database of text strings;
- a plurality of document templates, each in the form of a list of text strings in the text string database, the list including a first, a last and intermediate text strings and each text string in the list except the first providing a link to a prior text string in the list and each text string in the list except the last providing a link to a subsequent text string in the list, each listed text string including attribute codes indicating if the related text string may be edited, if the related text string is required in a final document to be produced from the document template and any approvals required for the modification of the text string for use in the document to be produced from the document template;
- a user interface providing access to revise at least one of the plurality of document templates;
- and
- software controlling the user interface and saving the revised document template as a new template, saving revised text strings as new text strings in the text string database and revising the document template list to include such revised text strings and producing the document from the revised document template in accordance with the database of text strings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.