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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:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
William J. Baer, San Jose, CA (US);
James A. Barker, University Heights, OH (US);
Robert C. Hartman, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Richard D. Hennessy, York, ME (US);
Eugene Johnson, Jr., Lexington, KY (US);
I-ming Kao, San Jose, CA (US);
Janet L. Murray, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jerry D. Robertson, Iii, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard W. Walkus, Wayne, NJ (US);
William J. Baer, San Jose, CA (US);
James A. Barker, University Heights, OH (US);
Robert C. Hartman, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Richard D. Hennessy, York, ME (US);
Eugene Johnson, Jr., Lexington, KY (US);
I-Ming Kao, San Jose, CA (US);
Janet L. Murray, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jerry D. Robertson, III, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard W. Walkus, Wayne, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Pearson Education Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Abstract
A web-based system, method and program product are provided for adding content to a content object (e.g., a custom compilation or prepublished work) stored in a data repository as a group of hierarchically related content entities. Each content entity is also stored as a row in a digital library index class as a collection of attributes and references to related content entities and containers. As the user selects desired objects for inclusion in a content object, the system arranges the objects hierarchically, e.g., into volumes, chapters and sections according to the order specified by the user. Furthermore, prerequisite checking, wherein some entities are associated, e.g., by a set of rules, with content objects that are prerequisites to that objects, and wherein selection by the user of an entity having prerequisites causes automatic inclusion of all associated prerequisite objects in the final compilation.