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EP 1002284 A1 20000524 - A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHORING OF CUSTOMIZABLE MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTS

Title (en)

A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHORING OF CUSTOMIZABLE MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND ANORDNUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG ANPASSBARE MULTIMEDIA-DOKUMENTE

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE SIGNER DES DOCUMENTS MULTIMEDIA POUVANT ETRE PERSONNALISES

Publication

EP 1002284 A1 20000524 (EN)

Application

EP 98939453 A 19980811

Priority

  • CA 9800771 W 19980811
  • CA 2230367 A 19980224
  • GB 9716986 A 19970811
  • GB 9720133 A 19970922

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9908205A1] A method and apparatus for generating customizable documents comprising a datafile including a data structure for defining relationships between elements of a document and variations thereof; a parser for reading the datafile and for creating instances of document-class data structures in accordance with general document class definitions; a user input interface for inputting purpose parameters specifying a document variation; a selection engine for utilizing the current values of the purpose parameters for generating customized versions of said document.

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/28

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/221 (2020.01); G06F 40/56 (2020.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9908205A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9908205 A1 19990218; AU 8795998 A 19990301; EP 1002284 A1 20000524

DOCDB simple family (application)

CA 9800771 W 19980811; AU 8795998 A 19980811; EP 98939453 A 19980811