Kenneth C Pierce

US Patent:

8484553, Jul 9, 2013

Filed:

May 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/839320

Inventors:

John J. Lloyd - Ann Arbor MI, US
David L. White - Pickney MI, US
Paul B. Grosso - Austin TX, US
Peter G. Bartlett - Gregory MI, US
Robert M. Lambert - Virginia Beach VA, US
Kenneth D. Pierce - Hampton VA, US
Samuel S. Brow - Saline MI, US
Joyce M. Svechota - Ann Arbor MI, US

Assignee:

Arbortext, Inc. - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715236, 715205, 715234, 715249, 715744

Abstract:

A system and method for defining specifications for outputting content to multiple formats. More specifically, a system and method for creating a single multi-purpose stylesheet file from a single user interface, the single multi-purpose stylesheet being capable of designing multiple output media formats. For example, the multi-purpose stylesheet may convert input XML content to HTML, PDF, PostScript, WML, or other output formats. The method may include creating or modifying a multipurpose stylesheet containing formatting rules corresponding to various properties of different output media formats. A user can configure the multi-purpose stylesheet by selecting different formatting properties for different output media formats.