Computer product for integrated document development
First Claim
1. A computer product of the type comprising a computer readable medium that contains a program to control a computer having a display, said computer product comprising:
- computer code that segments said display into a plurality of regions;
computer code that displays, in one of said regions, a subportion of viewable information associated with a document file;
computer code that displays, in a second of said regions, a first message file, with said first message file providing information associated with said subportion;
computer code that displays, in a third of said regions, a plurality of message headers, with each of said message headers providing a summary of content of a corresponding one of a plurality of message files; and
computer code that varies said subportion of said viewable information upon a second message file being displayed in said second of said regions.
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Abstract
A computer product for developing documents which allows simultaneously displaying the document being developed, changes to the document and a history of changes made during development. The product is to be employed on a computer system of the type having a processor, a display and a memory in data communication with both the processor and the display. The computer product includes code for segmenting the display into a plurality of regions, displaying, in one of the regions, a document file having viewable information associated therewith, displaying, in a second of the regions, a message file, displaying, in a third of the regions, a plurality of message headers, with a subset of the message headers providing a summary of content in the message file and the message file providing a description of a subportion of the viewable information.
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38 Claims
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1. A computer product of the type comprising a computer readable medium that contains a program to control a computer having a display, said computer product comprising:
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computer code that segments said display into a plurality of regions;
computer code that displays, in one of said regions, a subportion of viewable information associated with a document file;
computer code that displays, in a second of said regions, a first message file, with said first message file providing information associated with said subportion;
computer code that displays, in a third of said regions, a plurality of message headers, with each of said message headers providing a summary of content of a corresponding one of a plurality of message files; and
computer code that varies said subportion of said viewable information upon a second message file being displayed in said second of said regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer product of the type comprising a computer readable medium that contains a program to control a computer having a display, said computer product comprising
computer code for segmenting said display into a plurality of regions; -
computer code for displaying, in one of said regions, a document file having viewable information associated therewith;
computer code for displaying, in a second of said regions, a message file;
computer code for displaying, in a third of said regions, a plurality of message headers, with a subset of said message headers providing a summary of content in said message file; and
computer code for displaying a tool palette and a cursor, with said tool palette being positioned in a fourth region of said display, said tool palette having a tool-defining region disposed thereon, said tool-defining region specifying a predetermined operation which modifies a subportion of said viewable information, defining an annotation, with said content including data related to said annotation. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer product of the type comprising a computer readable medium that contains a program to control a computer having a display, said computer product comprising:
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segmenting said display into a plurality of regions;
computer code for displaying, in one of said regions, a document file having viewable information associated therewith;
computer code for displaying, in a second of said regions, a message file;
computer code for displaying, in a third of said regions, a plurality of message headers, with a subset of said message headers providing a summary of content in said message file and said message file providing a description of a subportion of said viewable information, with a subportion of said plurality of message headers provides a summary of content of differing message files and further including a step of varying said subportion of said viewable information by displaying one of said differing message files. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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