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`EXHIBIT N
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`EXHIBIT N
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`c12) United States Patent
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`Davis
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Dat e of Pat ent:
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`*Feb. 23, 2016
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`US009268748B2
`US 9,268,748 B2
`171212 (2013.01); G06F 171215 (2013.01);
`G06F 1712235 (2013.01); G06F 1712247
`(2013.01); G06F 1712252 (2013.01); G06F
`1712264 (2013.01); G06F 171243 (2013.01);
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`(54) SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER
`PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OUTPUTTING
`MARKUP LANGUAGE DOCUMENTS
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`(71) Applicant: e-Numerate Solutions, Inc., Great Falls,
`VA (US)
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`(72)
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`Inventor: Russell T Davis, Bethesda, MD (US)
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`(73) Assignee: e-Numerate Solutions, Inc., Great Falls,
`VA (US)
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`( * ) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
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`This patent is subject to a terminal dis­
`claimer.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 14/724,801
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`(22) Filed:
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`May28, 2015
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2015/0261729 Al
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`Sep. 17, 2015
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(60) Continuation-in-part of application No. 11/819,125,
`filed on Jun. 25, 2007, which is a division of
`application No. 09/573,419, filed on May 18, 2000,
`now Pat. No. 7,249,328.
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`(60) Provisional application No. 60/183,152, filed on Feb.
`17, 2000, provisional application No. 60/135,525,
`filed on May 21, 1999.
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`Int. Cl.
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`G06F 3100
`G06F 17121
`CPC ............ G06F 171218 (2013.01); G06F 310482
`(2013.01); G06F 3104842 (2013.01); G06F
`201
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`(Continued)
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`(58) Field of Classification Search
`CPC . G06F 17/218; G06F 3/04842; G06F 3/0482;
`G06F 17/2252; G06F 17/212; G06F 17/215 ;
`G06F 17/2247; G06F 17/246; G06F 17/2235 ;
`G06F 17/2264; G06F 17/30991; YlOS
`707/99953; YlOS 707/99956
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`ABSTRACT
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`A system, method, and computer program product are pro­
`vided for use in connection with at least one computer-read­
`able Extensible Markup Language (XML)-compliant data
`document capable of including: a plurality of line items with
`a plurality of data values, and a plurality of computer-read­
`able semantic tags that describe a semantic meaning of the
`data values.
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`20 Claims, 40 Drawing Sheets
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