(12) United States Patent Freeman et ai. (54) DOCUMENT STREAM OPERATING SYSTEM WITH DOCUMENT ORGANIZING AND DISPLAY FACILITIES (75) Inventors: Eric Freeman, Branford, CT (US); David H. Gelernter, Woodbridge, CT (US) (73) Assignee: Mirror Worlds Technologies, Inc., New Haven, CT (US) ( *) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.c. 154(b) by 76 days. (21) Appl. No.: 10/013,150 (22) Filed: Dec. 10, 2001 (65) Prior Publication Data us 2002/0046220 A1 Apr. 18, 2002 Related U.S. Application Data (62) Division of application No. 09/398,611, filed on Sep. 17, 1999, now Pat. No. 6,638,318, which is a continuation of application No. 08/673,255, filed on Jun. 28, 1996, now Pat. No. 6,006,227. (51) Int. CI? ................................................ 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