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Forms processor with controlled remote revision

  • US 5,218,539 A
  • Filed: 10/10/1990
  • Issued: 06/08/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. The method of preparing a structured document in a network of computer controlled keyboard displays comprising the steps of:

  • displaying to an operator, from shell detail data, prompt messages to said operator which solicit entry of variable text to be merged into a related shell document which has been selected by an operator;

    reading from said keyboard, said variable text entered by said operator in response to said prompt messages;

    establishing in the memory of the computer controlling said display to said operator, variable reply data containing said variable text entered by said operator;

    concatenating said variable reply data and said shell detail data to said shell document to create a work in progress document, said shell document being separated from said shell detail data and said variable reply data by a non text unit identifier;

    transmitting said work in progress document to another computer in said network;

    displaying to another person at said another computer from said shell detail data and from said variable reply data of said work in progress document, said prompt messages and said variable text entered by said operator;

    reading from said keyboard at said another computer, revised variable text entered by said another person in response to said prompt messages and said variable text entered by said operator;

    replacing variable text in said variable reply data with said revised variable text; and

    merging said revised variable text from said variable reply data into said shell document to create a merged document which contains the invariable text of said shell document and said variable text and said revised variable text to provide said structured document.

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