Publishing architecture system and method

• US 20060031746A1
• Filed: 07/27/2004
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John R. Toepfer, Noah Menikoff
• Original Assignee: John R. Toepfer, Noah Menikoff
• Inventors: Toepfer, John R., Menikoff, Noah
• Application Number:
  US10/901,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20060031746A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A publishing architecture system and method for importing data into a document from one or more data sources. Content can be imported into the document from one or more content libraries. Content libraries may include libraries native to the architecture system as well as those that reside in external applications. Documents created using the publishing architecture system and method can be previewed and edited. The data sources which are used to import data to the documents are maintained by the respective entity responsible for the data contained in the source. Maintenance of the data source eliminates the need to edit the data source. Additionally, content libraries are also kept up to date and may not need to be edited in the document created using the system and method. The system and method allows the user to prepare the document and decide whether to edit the document.

Claims

1. A system for planning, editing and managing the process of recurringly-produced complex documents employing a computer and software operated at least in part by said computer for selecting at least one of data and content, assembling said at least one data and content into a document, providing independent display and control of data and content, combining data and content into a document, reviewing and approving said document, and outputting the finalized document into at least one of electronic output format and print output format.

2. A system for use with a computer to plan, edit and manage the process of recurringly-produced complex documents said system comprising:

means for selecting at least one of data and content, means for assembling said at least one data and content into a document, means for independently displaying and controlling data and content, means for combining data and content into a document, means for reviewing and approving said document, and means for outputting the finalized document into at least one of electronic output format and print output format.

3. A method of planning, editing and managing the process of recurringly-produced complex documents said method comprising the steps of:

selecting at least one of data and content, assembling said at least one data and content into a document, independently displaying and controlling data and content, combining data and content into a document, reviewing and approving said document, and outputting the finalized document into at least one of electronic output format and print output format.

4. A system for planning, editing and managing the process of recurringly-produced complex documents employing a computer and software operated at least in part by said computer, a data collection module from which data can be selected and a content collection module for selecting content, a document assembly module coupled to said data collection module and coupled to said content collection module for assembling said data and said content into a document, a data review module coupled to said data assembly module for independently displaying and controlling data from said document assembly module, a content review module coupled to said data assembly module for independently displaying and controlling content from said document assembly module, a document review and approval module coupled to said data review module and coupled to said content review module for combining data and content into a document and reviewing and approving said document, and at least one of an electronic output module and a print output module.