Patent ID: 6592628
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method, executed on a data processor, of processing content of a document arranged in a structure, comprising:providing a content entity capable of storing and manipulating the content associated with the document without the structure of the content, wherein the manipulating further comprises, inserting content in the content entity to modify the document identified by a start position and a stop position, removing content from the content entity to modify the document, or retrieving content from the content entity wherein the retrieved content is subset of all content of the document; providing a document entity that uses element entities to represent the structure of the content without the actual content, further comprising, arranging the element entities in a hierarchy corresponding to the structure of the content in the document, and associating content in the content entity with element entities having a start position and a stop position in the document; retrieving information from the element entities to determine a location of particular content in the content entity, the particular content being a subset of all content of the document; and manipulating the content stored in a storage area associated with the content entity according to the information retrieved from the element entities.