Abstract: A text editing system for automatically performing a common editing format is provided. The text editing system includes one or more processors; and a plurality of modules programmed and executed by the one or more processors. The plurality of modules includes a modifying module to determine if one or more items is modified. A storing module stores content of one or more modified items in a memory when the one or more items is modified. A comparing module determines a quantity of the one or more modified items having same content, and compares the quantity with a predetermined number. A setting module updates content of the one or more modified items in the common editing format when the quantity is greater than the predetermined number. A performing module performs text inputting according to the updated content of the one or more modified items in the common editing format.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stores a document processing program executed by a computer. The document processing program includes: a first program code configured to cause the computer to register a term with it bearing corresponding recognizability information indicative of a reader type to which readers capable of recognizing the term belong and a reader type to which readers incapable of recognizing the term belong; a second program code configured to cause the computer to receive specification of a reader type to which a reader belongs; a third program code configured to cause the computer to detect any term non-recognizable to the readers belonging to the reader type based on the specification from an output target document based on the recognizability information; and a fourth program code configured to cause the computer to issue a warning when the term is detected through the third program code.

Abstract: A reduced capability subset of an application referred to as a “starter application” is provided on a computer device prior to purchase and intended for use by a user purchasing the computer device. The starter application may monitor input from the user when the starter application is executing to ascertain opportunities to inform the user of an upgrade and then solicit the user for purchasing the upgrade. The starter application may use a limited access browser to contact a server to assist in the solicitation and complete the transaction. Upon completing the transaction, the upgrade is provided to the computing device. The upgrade may comprise the full capability version of the application, templates, clip art, or other software. The upgrade may entail transmitting the upgrade to the computer device or providing an authorization key to unlock the upgrade that is already stored on the computer device.

Abstract: A technique is provided for identifying time context in a media object to embed meta tags for the time context in the media object. Input is received of the media object including time relevant expressions. Each of the time relevant expressions in the media object are identified for display to a user. The time relevant expressions in the media object are displayed with an option for the user to enter values for each of the time relevant expressions. The values are respectively included in meta tags. The meta tags are assigned to the time relevant expressions in the media object, such that the meta tags include the values respectively corresponding to each of the time relevant expressions. The meta tags having the values for the time relevant expressions are embedded in the media object, such that the meta tags in the media object are available for searching and indexing.

Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display and an ephemeral message controller to present on the display an ephemeral message for a transitory period of time. A touch controller identifies haptic contact on the display during the transitory period of time. The ephemeral message controller terminates the ephemeral message in response to the haptic contact.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for providing one or more ink-trace predictions for shape writing. According to one exemplary technique, a portion of a shape-writing shape is received by a touchscreen. Based on the portion of the shape-writing shape, an ink trace is displayed. Also, predicted text is determined. The ink trace corresponding to a first portion of the predicted text. Additionally, an ink-trace prediction is provided connecting the ink trace to at least one or more keyboard keys corresponding to one or more characters of a second portion of the predicted text.

Abstract: A document having multiple data entry areas can be presented, and a list of suggestions for a designated data entry area can be generated. Generating the list can include analyzing a first set of data previously entered into one or more data entry areas of the document other than the designated data entry area and analyzing a second set of data including data outside the first set of data. The list of suggestions can be presented without having received manual entry of data in the designated data entry area, and user input selecting one of the suggestions can be received. Data represented by the selected suggestion can be entered in the data entry area in response to receiving the user input selecting the selected suggestion.

Abstract: An electronic device with a display displays first text, having a first set of display property values, at a first location in a first user interface. The device detects an input corresponding to a request to transition from the first user interface to a second user interface, where the first text is displayed at a second location and has a second set of display property values. In response to detecting the input, the device transitions from the first user interface to the second user interface, the transition including display of continuous movement of the first text from the first location to the second location, and while displaying continuous movement of the first text from the first location to the second location, the device changes one or more display property values of the first text from the first set of display property values to the second set of display property values.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to paragraph snapping. In aspects, a computing device receives user input regarding a selection of text. If the user input is expansion input, the computing device determines whether a set of one or more paragraph snapping conditions is satisfied. If the set of one or more paragraph snapping conditions is satisfied, the selection is snapped to the paragraph. If the user input is contraction input, the selection is shrunk and the paragraph snapping behavior is turned off for the paragraph until the selection activity is finished or until user input indicates that paragraph snapping behavior is to be re-enabled.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a keyword extraction apparatus includes a display, a first calculation unit, a scroll unit, a first generation unit, an extraction unit, a scoring unit and a second generation unit. The first calculation unit calculates a partial region indicating a part of the document displayed. The scroll unit scrolls the document to display other than the partial region in a document. The scoring unit calculates scores of the keywords in accordance with positions that the keywords occur within the document. The second generation unit generates a window for selecting the keywords in descending order of the scores from first keywords.

Abstract: A system and method for providing an easy-to-use interface for verifying semantic tags in a steering application in order to generate a natural language grammar. The method includes obtaining user responses to open-ended steering questions, automatically grouping the user responses into groups based on their semantic meaning, and automatically assigning preliminary semantic tags to each of the groups. The user interface enables the user to validate the content of the groups to ensure that all responses within a group have the same semantic meaning and to add or edit semantic tags associated with the groups. The system and method may be applied to interactive voice response (IVR) systems, as well as customer service systems that can communicate with a user via a text or written interface.

Abstract: Methods and systems for multi-document aggregation provide data representing a redundancy graph constructed from a document or document set and determine the longest acyclic path in the document redundancy graph. Nodes of the longest path are assigned to a column to be displayed. Each node is assigned to a corresponding position in the column according to the node position in the path. Methods and systems for ordering multi documents for presentation can determine the content of a node of the redundancy graph and order the content for display.

Abstract: Research items are stored in a research organization space within a document. The research organization space is separate from the document workspace that contains the document, itself. User inputs are provided to modify the research items or the document, by including research items within the document. Research items or document content are modified based on the user inputs.

Abstract: Systems and methods of document creation are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments may receive user input to generate an electronic interview to be presented to an interviewee, including a query to be presented to the interviewee and a corresponding interview input component configured to receive electronic interview data from the interviewee pertaining to the query. A mapping is established for the interview input component to map to an element of a template of a document creation system. The electronic interview data is received and delivered to the document creation system. A document is created that includes as content the electronic interview data.

Abstract: A terminal includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit includes a touch sensor. The touch sensor senses a touch input. The display unit displays text. The controller divides a first part of the text, enlarges the first part, and displays the enlarged first part on the display unit in response to a first touch input that occurs on the displayed text and that is sensed through the touch sensor. The first part of the text corresponds to the first touch input.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for defining structure for an unstructured document that includes a number of primitive elements that are defined in terms of their position in the document. The method identifies a pairwise grouping of nearest primitive elements. The method sorts the pairwise primitive elements based on an order from the closest to the furthest pairs. The method stores a single value that identifies which of the pairwise primitive elements are sufficiently far apart to form a partition. The method uses the stored value to identify and analyze the partitions in order to define structural elements for the document.

Abstract: A system and method for capitalizing translated text is provided. A capitalized source text is automatically translated to a target text. The target text is capitalized according to information in the capitalized source text.

Abstract: A text processing apparatus is provided with a segment determination unit 36 and a descriptive content determination unit 33. The segment determination unit 36 determines, with respect to a homogeneous segment that is similar to segments constituting a first text which is set as an analysis target (analysis target text) and that is included in another first text, whether the content thereof is included in a second text. The descriptive content determination unit 33 determines whether each segment constituting the analysis target text should be described in a corresponding second text, based on the determination result.

Abstract: A notes system is presented with a content management system. The notes system manages creation and distribution of edits to notes to users sharing the notes. The notes are stored as a series of edits at the notes system. When an edit to a note is received, the edit is propagated to users subscribed to a note by a backend server responsible for managing the note. The shared users are notified through application servers associated with each shared user. The notes server includes various indices for searching the notes and allows notes to be searched quickly to organize viewing by a user of notes and identification of relevant material in the notes. The stored edits are used to display edits to a note to a user by replaying the accessed note to the user.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a target area estimation apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a conversion unit and an estimation unit. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire a document formed of a plurality of elements. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire sampling points of a stroke represented by coordinate values on a screen by obtaining an input of the stroke to the document displayed on the screen. The conversion unit is configured to convert the sampling points into corresponding points each indicating a position in the document or at least one of the elements of the document including the position. The estimation unit is configured to estimate a target area that a user is interested in, based on the corresponding points and the elements.

Abstract: A new method for semantic segmentation and tagging of a patent or a technical document is provided. The semantic tags are used for search and display of patents. The semantic tagging method involves creating automatic tags for preamble, elements, and sub-elements, and their respective attributes and relationships in patent claims. The tags are used in patent search to improve search performance. The tags are used in a novel user interface for viewing and analyzing one or more patents. The user interface provides a unique method to display different tags of a patent, which provides critical information towards comprehending the patent, and helps create better search queries related to the patent.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, disclosed is an image analysis and conversion method and system, where digital ink images are converted to structured object representations of the digital ink images, capable of being edited by a structured text/graphics editor.

Abstract: A method for a device to update an electronic document includes obtaining data update information and use record information of the electronic document, the data update information including a first position in the electronic document where an updating is to be performed, the use record information including a second position; determining whether the first position in the data update information is before the second position in the use record information; adjusting the use record information according to the data update information, if it is determined that the first position in the data update information is before the second position in the use record information; and updating the electronic document according to the data update information and the adjusted use record information.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a message can be sent in a manner that necessary information is contained in the message according to a configuration of the mobile terminal, a data volume of the message, a recipient of the message and/or the like. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit configured to send a message stipulated to limit a data space to which data can be inputted by a user, a display unit configured to display the message, a memory configured to store at least two user informations previously set, a user input unit configured to input the message, and a control unit controlling one of the at least two user informations to be selected according to a size of an empty space of the data space in sending the message after completion of writing the message, the control unit controlling the selected user information to be sent by being contained in the data space of the message.

Abstract: A request is received for a rendered document corresponding to a document. The document is retrieved from a storage device. The document is transformed into the rendered document. One or more server font files associated with the rendered document are generated. The rendered document and the server font files are stored.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products and systems for updating a dictionary on a computer are provided including identifying a set of words included with an application program being installed on the computer and identifying one or more installed dictionaries within the computer. The dictionaries that are identified, typically by searching the computer for installed dictionaries, may then be updated by adding one or more words of the set to at least one of the installed dictionaries. Optionally, one or more installed dictionaries may be identified by the user responding to a query asking the user to identify dictionaries or applications that contain dictionaries installed on the computer. An application programming interface may add the words to the dictionaries by associating the installed dictionaries with one or more installed application programs and identifying an API that is specific for the application and using the API to update the dictionaries.

Abstract: The present invention provides a word input method including the steps of: selectively inputting one or more letters containing the first letter of the word to be inputted; extracting, as a first priority, a word having less letters than a predetermined number, and which coincides with the word to be inputted, in a sequence from the first letter, from words containing one or more letters, from a word storage unit; extracting, as a second priority, a word having less letters than the predetermined number, from words containing one or more letters, from the word storage unit; extracting, as a third priority, a word having more letters than the predetermined number, and which coincides with the word to be inputted, in a sequence from the first letter, from words containing one or more letters, from the word storage unit; extracting, as a fourth priority, a word having more letters than the predetermined number, from words containing one or more letters, from the word storage unit; dividing the words of the first

Abstract: The present technique is a system and method that involves a review tool that supports manual and automated content review, defect log creation, and quantitative defect analysis. The present system supports a wide variety of defect categories that help reviewers to perform a comprehensive content review and provide real time feedback to the content developers to enhance the efficiency of content development. The quantitative defect analysis performed using the present technique enables to assess the competencies and skills of content development by the developers, while it can also help the content development organization to assess effectiveness of training plan or strategy adopted to train content developers.

Abstract: One embodiment provides machine-readable memory encoding a localization resource for a computer system. The resource comprises an array of delimited strings, each string including a range to be compared to a content limiter by the computer system. Associated with the range is text to be presented on a user interface of the computer system if the content limiter is within the range.

Abstract: The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for detecting and correcting errors in documents. A computer-implemented method includes: (i) identifying a string policy enforcement rules set associated with at least one set of documents, each rule in the rules set including one or more specific rule strings and instructions relating to string-based policies; (ii) identifying at least one document containing at least one string, the at least one identified document associated with at least one rule included in the identified string policy enforcement rules set; and (iii) validating the at least one identified document, wherein validating the at least one identified document includes validating the at least one string in the at least one identified document using the at least one rule from the string policy enforcement rules set associated with the at least one identified document.

Abstract: A computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium with computer readable program code. The computer readable program code may be configured to display a document. The computer readable program code may enable a user to define a first classifier using a graphical user interface. The computer readable program code may also be configured to store one or more parameters for the first classifier. The computer readable program code may also identify one or more first portions of text that satisfy the parameters for the first classifier. The computer readable program code may be configured to change a feature of the first portions of text displayed in the document to indicate that the first portions of text are associated with the first classifier.

Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for identifying logical blocks of text in a document where document structure information is absent. The method comprises accessing a document, wherein the document comprises a plurality of words; identifying word information for each word in the plurality of words; creating a plurality of text lines based on the word information, wherein each text line in the plurality of text lines comprises one or more words in the plurality of words; and creating a plurality of text blocks derived from the plurality of text lines.

Abstract: In some embodiments a method includes sending, from a composition compute device and to a user compute device, a data file that is based on a print file template. The data file includes (1) a plurality of raster image fonts based on user selected text, (2) a low-resolution image based on a user selected image, and (3) frame data indicative of coordinate locations on a webpage for the raster image fonts and for the low-resolution image. The method includes receiving, at the composition computer device and from the user computer device, a signal indicative of a modification to the data file. The method includes defining, at the composition compute device, a print file based on (1) a plurality of vector fonts based on the user selected text, (2) a high-resolution image based on the user selected image, (3) the frame data, and (4) the modification to the data file.

Abstract: A method for an electronic device having an input device and a display, including, displaying a block of text within a text editing application, displaying, in proximity of the block of text, an alignment control interface after a precondition is met, detecting a dragging motion associated with the alignment control interface, modifying an alignment of the block of text based, at least in part, on the detected dragging motion, detecting an end of the dragging motion, and, displaying, in a predetermined position associated with the alignment of the block of text, the alignment control interface. An electronic device including a display, an input device, a memory, and a processor, the processor being configured to execute the method.

Abstract: A method is provided for parsing a semi-structured document having a plurality of document lines on which a series of items are listed, the listing of each item spanning one or more document lines. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of candidate records, each candidate record spanning one or more lines of the document; defining a term representing an optimal cost of selecting a number n of candidate records to span the document lines up to a given ending document line i; efficiently evaluating the term over a first range of values for n and a second range of values for i; and selecting a subset of the plurality of candidate records as a global optimal parse of the document, wherein the subset selected is based on the evaluation of the defined term.

Abstract: A user input is received by a computing device. An interactive input module determines whether the first user input is a first character of a script for a supported language. If the first user input is a first character, the first character is stored in an input buffer. A plurality of words in the supported language that match a contents of the input buffer are identified, and a subset of the plurality of words are displayed to the user based on a frequency value associated with each of the plurality of words.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for viewing content encoded in at least one code set and stored in a file system. A computer identifies a unified code set covering all characters used in the file system. The computer, responsive to a user input to view the content, determines whether the content is wholly encoded in the unified code set. The computer, responsive to determining that the code set is not wholly encoded in the unified code set, converts encoding of the content to the unified code set to form converted content. The computer displays the converted content.

Abstract: A displayed document comprises an annotation widget, the widget associated with an annotation document and a corresponding annotation key in an annotation store. The annotation document associated with a workflow action program. A user with a predetermined privilege selects a widget and is presented with the annotation document. The user performs an annotation task modifying the annotation document and submits the annotation document to the annotation store, the submission triggering the workflow action program to progress the workflow to another step.

Abstract: Detection of right-to-left text direction, left-to-right text direction, ligatures and diacritics in fixed format documents for reconstruction of fixed format documents into flow format documents is provided. Each text run of a fixed format document is analyzed for directionality. If text runs contain ligatures, the ligatures are mapped to corresponding characters for proper reading order of the ligatures in context with other characters comprising a text run in which the ligatures are situated or neighboring the ligature. Each text run is collected based on determined text directionality for reconstruction in a flow format document. Proper text directionality for columns of text is determined in the same manner as proper text directionality for text runs in paragraphs of text. If diacritics are present in association with one or more characters or glyphs, a determination may be made as to a carrier character or glyph associated with each diacritic.

Abstract: A text in a corpus including a set of world wide web (web) pages is analyzed. At least one word appropriate for a document type set according to a voice recognition target is extracted based on an analysis result. A word set is generated from the extracted at least one word. A retrieval engine is caused to perform a retrieval process using the generated word set as a retrieval query of the retrieval engine on the Internet, and a link to a web page from the retrieval result is acquired. A language model for voice recognition is generated from the acquired web page.

Abstract: The electronic dictionary device, when one character in text displayed on a touch panel display module is specified by a cursor operation, retrieves entry words in a dictionary stored in a dictionary storage module in descending order of length of an entry word that matches a series of character strings whose first character is the one character and, when a character string in text displayed on the touch panel display module is specified by a touch operation, retrieves an entry word that matches the specified character string in the text from a dictionary stored in the dictionary storage module, and reads text of an explanation corresponding to the retrieved entry word from the corresponding dictionary and displaying the text on the display module.

Abstract: A formatting tool enables “smart” copy and paste functions. The “smart” copy and paste functions can be invoked in a context-sensitive manner, depending on the conditions under which the copy and paste functions are implemented. The present invention will automatically include in a selection a paragraph marker at the end of a selected paragraph, if every other textual character in the paragraph has been selected. The present invention will discard a paragraph mark that is included in pasted text if the pasted text is pasted into the middle of another paragraph, indicating that the user prefers the formatting of the pasted-into paragraph. The present invention also reduces inconsistencies in formatting styles that may exist between source and target documents automatically redefining a style in the target document to conform to a corresponding style in the source document. The present invention also automatically adjusts paragraph spacing, in response to text being pasted into a target document.

Abstract: The display of a multi-column table can be optimized. For example, a container, such as a multi-column table, can have a first container width. The container includes first text, second text, and a divider, such as an icon, whitespace, or text, between the first text and the second text. The first text, the second text, and the divider can have a combined text width. The container can be resized to a second container width that is smaller than the first container width. If it is determined that the combined text width is then greater than the second container width, the first text, the second text, or both can be abbreviated until the combined text width is less than the second container width.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for signing an electronic document, including establishing an electronic signature appearance for an electronic signature, determining a bounding region on the electronic document for the display of the electronic signature appearance, at the time of signing an electronic document, previewing the electronic signature appearance in the bounding region and signing the electronic document with an electronic signature, the electronic signature associated with the electronic signature appearance. The electronic signature appearance can be configured at the time of signing the electronic document.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for inputting text into an electronic device (10). The method includes selecting a first set of candidate words stored in a database. At least one of the first set of candidate words is then displayed on a screen (20) for selection by a user. The user generates a continuous input pattern (420; 540) and the method identifies one or more candidate words disposed along or proximal to the continuous input pattern (420; 540). The one or more identified candidate words are then input into a text entry field (430). The method includes refreshing the displayed candidate words when the continuous input pattern (420; 540) traces a predefined refresh gesture or enters/exits a predefined region (545). The present invention also relates to a computing device programmed to perform the method described herein.

Abstract: A method for disambiguation of dependent referring expression in natural language processing is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A portion of a document in a set of document is selected, the portion including a set of dependent referring expression instances. The portion is filtered to identify an instance from a set of dependent referring expression instances by using a linguistic characteristic of the instance, the instance of dependent referring expression referring to a full expression occurring in the set of documents. The full expression is located in one member document in the set of documents by locating where the dependent referring expression is defined to be a stand-in for the full expression. The instance is resolved using the full expression such that information about the full expression is available at a location of the instance.

Abstract: Certain examples provide a computer-implemented method. The method includes displaying, at an initial position, a first entry of a plurality of entries of a table. The method includes displaying a first indicator to indicate that the first entry has been assigned from a set of unlocked entries to a set of locked entries, and that the first entry is assigned to a first lock position. The method includes sorting the plurality of entries to determine a first sort order including a first sort position of the first entry that is different from the first lock position. The method includes displaying the set of unlocked entries according to the first sort order and displaying the first entry at the first lock position.

Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to generate artificial variants in certain circumstances. Each artificial variant is compared with N-gram data on the handheld electronic device and is suppressed from being output if the artificial variant is determined to have a low probability of being the input intended by a user.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for user selectable content linking in internet applications. The usability of downloaded content may be modified for specific users by allowing a user to select the content in which and how their content data is linked. Particular text may be selected, and when content is downloaded from an origin service including the particular text, the text may be automatically linked to a service or database. The service or database is independent of the origin service and may be provided by a third party.

Abstract: A character output device includes: a character direction specification unit that specifies a drawing direction of characters for each processing-target region of a processing-target page; a character rotation determination unit that determines as to whether the processing-target page rotates or not based on a relation between the specified drawing direction and a direction of an output medium; and an output unit that performs an output processing based on the determination by the character rotation determination unit.