Patents Examined by Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 7085999
    Abstract: The present invention provides a means to display the contents of a document using a selected display condition, while preserving the layout of the document. It provides an information processing system comprising: a web browser for displaying a document having a predetermined layout; and a display controller for controlling a method used by the web browser to display the document. The display controller includes: a layout structure analyzer for analyzing the structure of the layout for the document; a region arrangement determiner for dividing a web page under a desired display condition, whereby the contents of the page are displayed in order to display the document in accordance with regions that are allocated and that reflect the structure of the document layout obtained by the layout structure analyzer; and an intra-region contents determiner for determining which contents of the document are to be displayed inside each of the allocated regions that are determined by the region arrangement determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Maeda, Makoto Kobayashi, Shinichi Torihara
  • Patent number: 7017111
    Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the principles of the present invention automatically generate file notes for insurance claims using predefined text to complete each file note. A claim folder interface creates detailed claims and provides suffixes and participants to a file note interface. The file note interface displays file notes with prefilled suffix and participant fields as well as selectable items in a category and subcategory field. Moreover, methods and systems consistent with the present invention, enable a claim handler to select a selectable category and subcategory and provide short text associated with the selection in a predefined text area. In addition, a larger text area may also be provided to capture any free form text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Accenture L.L.P.
    Inventors: G. Victor Guyan, Peter L. Treacy, Mark W. Moran, Amy N. Shaheen