Patent ID: 7594184
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for automated modification of documents in a printstream comprising: displaying on a display device (i) a first icon that represents a printstream input file, (ii) a second icon that represents a printstream output file to be derived at least in part from the input file, and (iii) a third icon that represents a list of actions to be performed to derive the output file; receiving user input; modifying the list of actions in response to the user input; generating rules to derive the output file, said rules corresponding to the actions of the list of actions; displaying an actions pallet on the display device simultaneously with the first, second and third icons; wherein the receiving step includes a user dragging an item from the actions pallet to the third icon; wherein the receiving step includes the user dragging an item from the first icon to the third icon to associate the item from the first icon with an action of the list of actions; and wherein the receiving step includes the user dragging an item from the third icon to the second icon to define an attribute of an action of the list of actions.