Patent ID: 8856645
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for generating multi-path formatted documents associated with a collection of data page units, using a document generator implemented by a computing system with one or more computing devices, the method comprising: collecting data page units using a collector of the document generator, the collector presenting the user with a list of data page units from which to select, in response to a user selection from among the list of data page units, the selected data page units being collected intact and in their original format; re-sequencing the selected data page units using an organization unit of the document generator to associate the selected data page units with a plurality of ordered sequence paths in a multi-path formatted document, each ordered sequence path comprising a user-defined ordered sequence, wherein a reader of the multi-path formatted document selects one or more of the plurality of ordered sequence paths; converting at least one of the selected data page units from a first format of the respective selected data page unit into a second format common to all converted data page units; and outputting a multi-path formatted document incorporating the selected data page units in the ordered sequence according to one or more ordered sequence paths selected by the reader, using a formatting unit of the document generator.