International Business Machines Corporation

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Lynn Mette Mastie

John Thomas Varga

Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee

David Earl Stone

Dwight Ross Palmer

Arthur Ray Roberts

Craig Duray Brossman

Calvin Larry Doescher

Robert William Goings

Scott David Mastie

Systems and methods for repositioning processing of presentation data stream by a presentation device from user defined boundaries. A user may define customizable boundaries, such as mail-piece boundaries when printing mail, chapters when printing books, as well as additional boundaries that logically group or divide a data stream. The user defined boundaries are inserted into the presentation data stream. The operator does not need to guess or go through trial and error processes to determine the reposition point of the data stream. Rather, features and aspects herein allow repositioning of processing of the data stream to occur from user defined boundaries that result in the data stream reposition occurring at uniform restarting points of the data stream. This allow existing repositioning capabilities such as those provided by z/OS 'backspace' and 'forward space' commands to always land on a mail piece or other appropriate boundary.

Systems and methods for repositioning on user defined boundaries in a presentation data stream

A method and apparatus for managing complex presentation objects using globally-unique identifiers. Downloaded objects are identified by globally-unique identifiers to maintain object integrity and to facilitate capturing downloaded objects for reuse without additional download time overhead. An object may be referenced by selected indicia, such as a name, a globally-unique identifier or a globally-unique identifier and an object locator, The object is located by the selected indicia. Then, a decision is made whether to allow capture of the object based upon whether the selected indicia includes a globally-unique identifier and is secure.

Method and apparatus for managing complex presentation objects using globally-unique identifiers

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Longmont, CO, United States of America

Lynn Mette Mastie