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Conversion data representing a document to other formats for manipulation and display

  • US 6,336,124 B1
  • Filed: 07/07/1999
  • Issued: 01/01/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer implemented method of converting a first document in a first document file format to a second document in a second document file format different from the first document file format, comprising:

  • locating first document file format data in the first document;

    grouping said first document file format data into at least one intermediate document file format block in an intermediate document file format document, including locating words in the first document, joining words into lines, and joining lines into paragraphs, each paragraph being one of said intermediate format blocks;

    locating tables, each table being one of said intermediate format blocks; and

    converting said intermediate document file format document to the second document in the second document file format using said intermediate document file format blocks.

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