Method for associating fixed and flexible layout modes for reading documents

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9779068-B2
Application number	US-201514634293-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2015
Priority date	Feb 27, 2015
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A method for generating electronic documents (EDs) includes reading an input ED from storage, specifying in the input ED a predetermined element that defines a region comprising a content, storing the content in connection with the predetermined element, generating a fixed-layout ED having a fixed layout and comprising a content corresponding to the content of the input ED, generating a flexible-layout ED having a flexible layout and comprising a content corresponding to the content of the input ED, linking the content of the fixed-layout ED to a position of the content of the flexible-layout ED, linking the content of the flexible-layout ED to a position of the content of the fixed-layout ED, and outputting one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED to a user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for generating electronic documents (EDs), comprising:
reading, from storage, an input ED comprising an element selected from a group consisting of a paragraph and an image;
generating an identification (ID) for the element;
storing the ID with the element;
generating a fixed-layout ED having a markup comprising:
the ID;
the element; and
a first linking function that opens a window with a flexible-layout ED at a position of the element in the flexible-layout ED,
wherein the first linking function inputs a portion of the ID, and
wherein the first linking function is triggered by a user selection of the element in the fixed-layout ED;

generating the flexible-layout ED having a markup comprising:
the ID;
the element; and
a second linking function that opens a window with the fixed-layout ED at a position of the element in the fixed-layout ED,
wherein the second linking function inputs the portion of the ID, and
wherein the second linking function is triggered by a user selection of the element in the flexible-layout ED; and

outputting one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED to a user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ID comprises an element number and a page number.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input ED has an XML-based file format, and the element is specified in the input ED using a tag.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the input ED has a file format selected from a group of Open Office XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF), and the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED have a file format that is HyperText Markup Language (HTML).

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the fixed-layout ED is generated using Scalable Vector Graphics commands, and the flexible-layout ED is generated using HTML text commands.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the outputting of one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED to the user device comprises:
accepting from the user device a request to output one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED via a network; and
outputting one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED to the user device based on the request.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout EDs are stored at different locations over a network.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
retrieving the fixed-layout ED or the flexible-layout ED stored at a remote location via the network.

9. A system for generating electronic documents (EDs), comprising:
a memory storing an input ED comprising an element selected from a group consisting of a paragraph and an image;
a computer processor connected to the memory that:
reads the input ED from the memory;
generates an identification (ID) for the element
generates a fixed-layout ED having a markup comprising:
the ID;

the element; and
a first linking function that opens a window with a flexible-layout ED at a position of the element in the flexible-layout ED,
wherein the first lining function inputs a portion of the ID, and
wherein the first linking function is triggered by a user selection of the element in the fixed-layout ED; and

generates the flexible-layout ED having a markup comprising:
the ID;
the element; and
a second linking function that opens a window with the fixed-layout content ED at a position of the element in the fixed-layout ED,
wherein the second linking function inputs the portion of the ID, and
wherein the second linking function is triggered by a user selection of the element in the flexible-layout ED,

wherein one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED are output to a user device.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the ID comprises an element number and a page number.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the input ED has an XML-based file format, and the element is specified in the input ED using a tag.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the input ED has a file format selected from a group of Open Office XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF), and the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED have a file format that is HyperText Markup Language (HTML).

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the fixed-layout ED is generated using Scalable Vector Graphics commands, and the flexible-layout ED is generated using HTML text commands.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor also:
accepts from the user device a request to output one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED via a network; and
outputs one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED to the user device based on the request.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein: the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED are stored at different locations over a network.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein: the receiver retrieves the fixed-layout ED or the flexible-layout ED stored at a separate location via the network.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) storing computer program code executed by a computer processor that:
reads, from storage, an input ED from storage comprising an element selected from a group consisting of a paragraph and an image;
generates an identification (ID) for the element;
stores the ID with the element;
generates a fixed-layout ED having a markup comprising:
the ID;
the element; and
a first linking function that opens a window with a flexible-layout ED at a position of the element in the flexible-layout ED,
wherein the first linking function inputs a portion of the ID, and
wherein the first linking function is triggered by a user selection of the element in the fixed-layout ED;

generates the flexible-layout ED having a markup comprising:
the ID;
the element; and
a second linking function that opens a window with the fixed-layout ED at a positions of the element in the fixed-layout ED,
wherein the second linking function inputs the portion of the ID, and
wherein the second linking function is triggered by a user selection of the element in the flexible-layout ED; and

outputs one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED to a user device.

18. The non-transitory CRM of claim 17 , wherein ID comprises an element number and a page number.

19. The non-transitory CRM of claim 17 , wherein the input ED has an XML-based file format, and the element is specified in the input ED using a tag.

20. The non-transitory CRM of claim 17 , wherein the input ED has a file format selected from a group of Open Office XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF), and the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED have a file format that is HyperText Markup Language (HTML).

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Laboratory Usa Inc

Inventors

• Grams Jason
• Guarnieri Stuart

Classifications

• G06F40/103

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• G06F40/154 Primary

  Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets · CPC title

• G06F17/2247 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/227

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/211

  Physics · mapped topic