公开(公告)号：AU1460699A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-07

申请号：AU1460699

申请日：1998-11-16

Applicant: APPLE COMPUTER

Inventor： BOGURAEV BRANIMIR ,  BELLAMY RACHEL KATHERINE EMMA ,  WONG YIN YIN

IPC: G06F17/21 ,  G06F17/30

Abstract: A method and system for generating a summary of a document for display to a user on a display are provided. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a first document originally spanning several paragraphs in length, and generating a first summary of the first document, in which the first summary spanning a length less than the original several paragraphs of the first document. The method further includes dynamically displaying the first summary to the user on the display including showing words or short phrases of the first summary at a same location in the display serially one word or short phrase after another. Each word or short phrase is less than a complete sentence.

公开(公告)号：AU654019B2

公开(公告)日：1994-10-20

申请号：AU2007692

申请日：1992-05-12

Applicant: APPLE COMPUTER

Inventor： VERTELNEY LAURIE J ,  ERICKSON THOMAS D ,  MOUNTFORD S JOY ,  THOMPSON-ROHRLICH JOHN A ,  SALOMON GITTA B ,  WONG YIN YIN ,  VENOLIA DANIEL S

IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F17/21 ,  G06T11/80 ,  H04M1/2745 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F15/403

Abstract: A user interface element system (2) having a plurality of user interface elements (12) for marking, finding, organizing, and processing data within documents stored in an associated computer system are described. Each element (12) typically has an appearance which is uniquely related to the data or the function the element is designed to represent or perform, respectively. In their simplest form, these elements are only used to mark data within a document. Each element (12) however, can also be programmed to cause the computer (2) to perform some function in association with the marked data, such as printing the data or mailing the data to someone. A user can select particular data within a document using an element and have flat data associated with the element in memory (8). Data marked with common elements can be found by searching for a particular representative element in memory (8). Users can create their own elements, program elements with their own desired functionality, and modify existing elements. Elements (12) can also be compounded together so as to cause a combination of tasks to be performed by simply activating one element.

公开(公告)号：EP0584269A4

公开(公告)日：1997-05-02

申请号：EP92913218

申请日：1992-05-12

Applicant: APPLE COMPUTER

Inventor： VERTELNEY LAURIE J ,  ERICKSON THOMAS D ,  MOUNTFORD S JOY ,  THOMPSON-ROHRLICH JOHN A ,  SALOMON GITTA B ,  WONG YIN YIN ,  VENOLIA DANIEL S

IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F17/21 ,  G06T11/80 ,  H04M1/2745 ,  G06F15/403

CPC classification number: H04M1/27455 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0483 ,  G06F9/45512 ,  G06F17/241

Abstract: A user interface element system (2) having a plurality of user interface elements (12) for marking, finding, organizing, and processing data within documents stored in an associated computer system are described. Each element (12) typically has an appearance which is uniquely related to the data or the function the element is designed to represent or perform, respectively. In their simplest form, These elements are only used to mark data within a document. Each element (12) however, can also be programmed to cause the computer (2) to perform some function in association with the marked data, such as printing the data or mailing the data to someone. A user can select particular data within a document using an element and have flat data associated with the element in memory (8). Data marked with common elements can be found by searching for a particular representative element in memory (8). Users can create their own elements, program elements with their own desired functionality, and modify existing elements. Elements (12) can also be compounded together so as to cause a combination of tasks to be performed by simply activating one element.

公开(公告)号：EP0592638A4

公开(公告)日：1994-09-21

申请号：EP93909187

申请日：1993-03-29

Applicant: APPLE COMPUTER

Inventor： MANDER RICHARD ,  ROSE DANIEL E ,  SALOMON GITTA B ,  WONG YIN YIN ,  OREN TIMOTHY ,  BOOKER SUSAN ,  HOUDE STEPHANIE

IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F17/21 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F15/62

CPC classification number: G06F17/30716 ,  G06F3/0483 ,  G06F17/30011 ,  G06F17/30663

Abstract: A method and apparatus for organizing information in a computer filing system. The method and apparatus include the creation of a pile (23) comprising a collection of documents and displaying a graphical representation of the collection of documents. The method and apparatus further include browsing the collection of documents (53) by pointing a cursor (21) at a particular item in the collection of documents (53) to reveal an indicia (50) for the particular item in the collection of documents. The filing system can automatically devide a pile (23) (e.g. a collection of documents from an electronic mail network) into subpiles on the basis of the content of each document in the pile, and the filing system, at the user's request can automatically file away documents into existing piles in the computer system on the basis of a similarity match between the content (or other internal representation) of the document and the content (or other internal representation) of existing piles in the computer system. The filing system can also create a pile (23) from a sample document by using the internal representation of the document as the internal representation of the new pile. The computer filing system provides various interfaces in connection with piles to the user of the system to provide feedback and other information to the user, including information concerning the documents and piles in the computer's filing system.