US6038573A — News story markup language and system and process…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 108 words

A process for processing markup language documents relating to a news story, comprising the steps of: reading an input file having a first file format including a plurality of elements, the input file further including at least one of: timing information for representing distribution timing of the news story; and synchronization information for synchronizing a distribution of one of the plurality of elements with a distribution of another of the plurality of elements; the input file further including news story information for representing the news story; and verifying the first file format of the input file based on a document type definition defining a news story markup language.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 108 words

A process for processing markup language documents relating to a news story, comprising the steps of: reading an input file having a first file format including a plurality of elements, the input file further including at least one of: timing information for representing distribution timing of the news story; and synchronization information for synchronizing a distribution of one of the plurality of elements with a distribution of another of the plurality of elements; the input file further including news story information for representing the news story; and verifying the first file format of the input file based on a document type definition defining a news story markup language.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 41 words

The process of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: producing output data having a second file format wherein the second file format is formatted according to the document type definition; and creating an output file based on the output data.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 29 words

The process of claim 2, further comprising a step of converting the output file to a document file having a format different than the format of the output file.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 15 words

The process of claim 3, wherein the format of the document file is HTML format.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 30 words

The process of claim 3, wherein the step of converting includes the step of excluding information from the output file when converting the output file to the document file format.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 40 words

The process of claim 1, further comprising a step of importing an import file having a file format different than the first and second file formats to produce an imported file having a format according to the document type definition.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 32 words

The process of claim 6, wherein the step of importing includes the step of adding step import file information to a template document having a format according to the document type definition.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 39 words

The process of claim 1, further comprising a lexical analysis step of analyzing the input file format for a plurality of elements and identifiers, and of producing an output token stream based on the plurality of elements and identifiers.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 64 words

The process of claim 1, wherein the step of verifying further includes the steps of: checking usage of a plurality of elements and identifiers according to the document type definition to produce a parse tree from the plurality of elements and identifiers; and generating an output file having a hierarchical file structure based on the parse tree that conforms to the document type definition.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 17 words

The process of claim 9, further comprising a step of interpreting the output file by a viewer.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 89 words

A data processing system for interpreting a news story markup language document, the system comprising: means for obtaining a news story markup language document from a storage location; means for parsing the news story markup language document, producing a plurality of markup language tags and associated text; means for converting the plurality of markup language tags and associated text to system instructions; and means for converting one of said plurality of markup language tags and associated text to a machine control instruction for execution by a machine control server.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 89 words

A data processing system for interpreting a news story markup language document, the system comprising: means for obtaining a news story markup language document from a storage location; means for parsing the news story markup language document, producing a plurality of markup language tags and associated text; means for converting the plurality of markup language tags and associated text to system instructions; and means for converting one of said plurality of markup language tags and associated text to a machine control instruction for execution by a machine control server.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 26 words

The data processing system of claim 11, further comprising means for rendering the system instructions as a visual interpretation of the news story markup language document.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 23 words

The data processing system of claim 11, wherein the machine control server controls a media presentation device based upon the machine control instruction.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 73 words

A data processing system for interpreting a news story markup language document, the system comprising: means for obtaining a news story markup language document from a storage location; means for parsing the news story markup language document, producing a plurality of markup language tags and associated text; means for converting the plurality of markup language tags and associated text to system instructions; a teleprompter; and means for displaying story information in the teleprompter.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 73 words

A data processing system for interpreting a news story markup language document, the system comprising: means for obtaining a news story markup language document from a storage location; means for parsing the news story markup language document, producing a plurality of markup language tags and associated text; means for converting the plurality of markup language tags and associated text to system instructions; a teleprompter; and means for displaying story information in the teleprompter.

Claim 18

Independent Claim 84 words

A method of anchoring document text to a control field in the same electronic document in an electronic document editor, comprising the steps of: creating an electronic document in a markup language, said electronic document including a declarative tag enclosing the document text; creating the control field in the electronic document, the control field having a unique identification and containing machine control information for controlling a machine control server; referencing, at a location within the document text, the control field by the unique identification.

Claim 19

Independent Claim 84 words

A method of anchoring document text to a control field in the same electronic document in an electronic document editor, comprising the steps of: creating an electronic document in a markup language, said electronic document including a declarative tag enclosing the document text; creating the control field in the electronic document, the control field having a unique identification and containing machine control information for controlling a machine control server; referencing, at a location within the document text, the control field by the unique identification.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 48 words

The method of claim 15, wherein the markup language is a news story markup language having news story information for representing content of the news story, the news story information including: look information for controlling appearance of news story information; and head information for identifying the news story.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 20 words

The method of claim 16, wherein the machine control information identifies a presentation element associated with a media presentation device.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 13 words

The method of claim 16, wherein the presentation element is a video element.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 125 words

A data processing system for viewing a markup language document having a plurality of elements, the system comprising: means for obtaining a markup language document from a storage location; means for parsing the plurality of elements of the markup language document, producing a plurality of markup language tags and associated text, wherein the markup language document further includes at least one of: timing information for representing distribution timing of the markup language document; synchronization information for synchronizing a distribution of one of the plurality of elements with a distribution of another of the plurality of elements; means for converting said markup language tags and associated text to system instructions; and means for rendering the system instructions as a visual interpretation of the markup language document.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 125 words

A data processing system for viewing a markup language document having a plurality of elements, the system comprising: means for obtaining a markup language document from a storage location; means for parsing the plurality of elements of the markup language document, producing a plurality of markup language tags and associated text, wherein the markup language document further includes at least one of: timing information for representing distribution timing of the markup language document; synchronization information for synchronizing a distribution of one of the plurality of elements with a distribution of another of the plurality of elements; means for converting said markup language tags and associated text to system instructions; and means for rendering the system instructions as a visual interpretation of the markup language document.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 46 words

The data processing system of claim 19, wherein the markup language document includes news story information for representing content of a news story, the new story information further including: look information for controlling appearance of news story information; and head information for identifying the news story.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2003-03-14	2003-09-13	2004-03-14	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2007-03-14	2007-09-13	2008-03-14	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2011-03-14	2011-09-13	2012-03-14	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

News story markup language and system and process for editing and processing documents

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