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Method and apparatus for minimizing an amount of data communicated between devices and necessary to modify stored electronic documents

  • US 6,356,961 B1
  • Filed: 06/03/1994
  • Issued: 03/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for minimizing an amount of data communicated between a source device and a destination device in order to modify a version of an electronic document stored at said destination device, said method comprising the steps at the source device of:

  • starting a recorder at the source device;

    editing a version of the electronic document stored at the source device via a plurality of user input commands to create an edited version of the document while simultaneously capturing the plurality of user input commands with the recorder to provide a captured set of user input commands;

    storing the captured set of user input commands as an input command file;

    storing the edited version of the document in a file;

    comparing an input command file size to a file size for the edited version of the document;

    transmitting the edited version of the document to the destination device when the file size for the edited version of the document is smaller than the input command file size; and

    transmitting the captured set of user input commands to the destination device when the input command file size is smaller than the file size for the edited version of the document.

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