Method and apparatus for processing data
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorRoger Brian Gimson
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Abstract
A method of processing data associated with processing options, wherein selected processing options select variants within the data and selected variants are activated, and variants associated with unselected options can be selected in a further iteration of the process.
Claims21
A method of processing data, wherein the data includes or is associated with metadata identifying a plurality of processing options, the processing comprising steps performed by a processor of:
- 1) identifying a processing option that has been selected for processing;
- 2) in response to the identified processing option, actuating or retaining data variants within the data that are associated with the processing option that has been selected for processing;
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- 3) irreversibly disabling or removing data variants that are mutually exclusive from the data variants within the data that have been actuated or retained;
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- wherein data variants associated with processing options that are associated with processing options that have not been selected for processing are maintained within the data.
A method of processing data, wherein the data includes mark-up data identifying mutually exclusive alternatives within the data, the processing comprising steps performed by a processor of:
- 1) receiving an input data file;
- 2) identifying which alternative within the data has been selected to be expunged;
- 3) expunging the selected alternative;
- 4) outputting a data file, wherein the output data file still contains mutually exclusive alternatives where those alternatives had not been selected to be expunged.
A computer system comprising:
- a data processor arranged to process data, wherein the data includes or is associated with metadata, and wherein a plurality of processing options are associated with the data, the data processor being arranged to alter the data such that where a processing option has been selected, the data processor is configured to activate the variants within the data associated with and selected by the selected option and to render inactive the variants within the data associated with but not selected by the selected option such that the variants that are rendered inactive is irreversible, and wherein the data processor is arranged to maintain variants associated with processing options that have not been selected such that the data may be processed again and a variant may be selected by a further processing option.
A data processor for processing data, wherein the data includes mark-up data identifying mutually exclusive alternatives within the data, wherein the processor is arranged to:
- 1) receive an input data file;
- 2) identify which alternative within the data has been selected to be expunged;
- 3) expunge the selected alternative;
- 4) output a data file, wherein the output data file still contains mutually exclusive alternatives where those alternatives had not been selected to be expunged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.