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Method and apparatus for creating and displaying a table of content for a computer-generated report having page-level security

  • US 6,772,156 B1
  • Filed: 11/29/1999
  • Issued: 08/03/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of creating a content listing for a report having data breaks, the method comprising:

  • retrieving a content list structure having a plurality of data items where a data item represents a content group;

    retrieving a data item from the content list structure, the data item containing a page range;

    determining whether any pages in the page range of the data item are viewable by a user, wherein a page map structure indicates which pages from the report the user is permitted to view; and

    determining whether the data item should be in the content listing such that data that the user is permitted to view has one or more corresponding content line entries in the content listing.

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