(12) United States Patent
Oda
(io) Patent No.:
(45) Date of Patent:
US 7,058,883 Bl
Jun. 6, 2006
(54) DOCUMENT LINK
DESCRIPTION/GENERATION METHOD,
APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
PRODUCT
(75) Inventor: Toshihiko Oda, Yokohama (JP)
(73) Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 762 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/708,599
(22) Filed: Nov. 9, 2000
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Nov. 9, 1999 (JP) 11-317668
(51) Int. CI.
G06F17/00 (2006.01)
G06F15/00 (2006.01)
G06F17/21 (2006.01)
G06F17/24 (2006.01)
(52) U.S. CI 715/501.1; 715/514; 715/515;
715/516
(58) Field of Classification Search 715/501.1,
715/538, 513 See application file for complete search history.
(56) References Cited
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JP 2000-67035 3/2000
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Loke, Seng Wai, and Davison, Andrew; Logic Programming with the World-Wide Web; May 14, 1996; Department of Computer Science at the University of Melbourne.* Davison, Andrew and Loke, Seng Wai; LogicWeb: Enhancing the Web with Logic Programming; Dec. 23, 1996.*
* cited by examiner
Primary Examiner—William Bashore
Assistant Examiner—N. Hillery
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Obion, Spivak, McClelland,
Maier & Neustadt, PC.
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