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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marcus A. Bagshaw, Chelmsford, GB;
Assignee:
The Dialog Corporation plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
Data files are associated with categories by processing said data files in combination with outline files. Large files (,) are divided into a plurality of file sections (,) each having a size substantially consistent with a preferred size. Each of the file sections is categorised (,) and the sets of associations are processed (,) to produce a set of category associations for the original undivided file (,).