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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:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Robert C. Hartman, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Hanapole, Pine Brook, NJ (US);
Richard W. Walkus, Wayne, NJ (US);
Robert C. Hartman, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Hanapole, Pine Brook, NJ (US);
Richard W. Walkus, Wayne, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Abstract
A data structure and method are provided for storing a content object stored (e.g., a custom compilation or prepublished work) as a group of hierarchically related content entities Each content entity is contained in a separate file object. An attribute file object corresponding to each content entity file object contains attributes pertaining to that entity. A list or outline containing container and noncontainer identifiers defines the content, order and structure of the content object. This list or outline is stored as a separate file object (e.g., a CBO or the PSF file of a prepublished work).