[FYI] M$ bekommt US-A-5,860,073

[Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns)]

http://www.intern.de/99/08/02.shtml

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Offene Standards in Gefahr

Microsoft wurde Anfang dieses Monats ein
US-Patent zugesprochen, das noch für Aufregung
sorgen dürfte. Denn die unter der
US-Patentnummer 5,860,073 registrierten
Techniken berühren wesentliche Teile der
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) sowie der
eXtensible Style Language (XSL). Zweier
Techniken also, die bisher als offene
Standards des Internet galten.

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Siehe auch

http://www.patents.ibm.com/patlist?icnt=US&patent_number=5860073&x=29&
y=6

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We claim: 
                       1. A method of styling document content,
                       comprising the steps of: 

                        creating a title including page layouts
                        representing the appearance of pages of the
                        title; creating a first style sheet container
                        storing a first plurality of styles; creating
                        a second style sheet container storing a
                        second plurality of styles; creating at least
                        one content container for storing document
                        content; providing a first control on a first
                        one of the page layouts for delineating a
                        first page layout area where content is to be
                        rendered; providing a second control on a
                        second one of the page layouts for delineating
                        a second page layout area where content is to
                        be rendered; linking the content container
                        with the first and second controls; linking
                        the first control to the first style sheet
                        container; linking the second control to the
                        second style sheet container; rendering
                        content in the first page layout area
                        according to at least one of the first
                        plurality of styles; and rendering content in
                        the second page area according to at least one
                        of the second plurality of styles. 

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Weitere Patentansprueche unter:

http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US05860073__&s_clms=1#clms