Journal file reader

• US 20060242559A1
• Filed: 04/22/2005
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Jarrett, Robert J., Dodge, Steven P., Townsend, Reed L., Scott, Bryan D., Feldman, Kyril, Krantz, Brigette E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,730,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink

Abstract

A system and process for enabling programmatic access to the contents of documents containing electronic ink are described.

Claims

1. 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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the proprietary binary format includes a Journal format.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the output format includes extensible markup language (XML).

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the output model includes textual representations of binary data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the textual representations of binary data include base64 encoded binary data.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the output model includes:

an XML tag representing the document; and

an XML tag representing a page within the document.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the output model further includes:

an XML tag representing electronic ink within the page.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the output format includes an object interface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents further include an image of a separate document.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the output format includes representations of binary ink data and ink analysis information.

11. 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.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the proprietary format includes a Microsoft Journal format.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the standard format includes extensible markup language (XML).

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the exposed model includes textual representations of binary data.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the textual representations of binary data include base64 encoded binary data.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the standard format includes an object interface.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the object interface includes:

an object representing the document;

one or more objects representing pages within the document; and

one or more objects representing electronic ink on the pages.

18. 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.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the accessible standard includes an XML document.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the accessible standard includes an object interface.