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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1997
Marcia Lynn Brandt, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph Vincent DiCecco, Rochester, MN (US);
Jason Robert Hansen, Chatfield, MN (US);
Timothy Jude O'Keefe, Rochester, MN (US);
Diane Elaine Olson, Rochester, MN (US);
Devon Daniel Snyder, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An enhanced document browsing method and apparatus for creating a form from a template that includes replication blocks, that replicates at least one field in at least one replication block characterized by a block name to generate at least first and second replicated fields; modifies the block name to generate a first field name; modifies the block name to generate a second field name; associates the field names with respective ones of the first and second replicated fields; counts the number of replications; and transmits the number of replications to at least one client computer.