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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Randolph M. Forlenza, Austin, TX (US);

John P. Kaemmerer, Pfugerville, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method and associated system that enable files in a file directory to be queued or marked prior to sending the files to a common application. A first selectable function is provided to queue a selected file within a first queue, wherein only selected files are queued, and wherein files from different folders may be queued. A selection of an application with which to open the queued and selected files is received. A second selectable function is provided to automatically open all of the queued and/or selected files with the application, wherein files across different folders can be opened with a single operation of the second function.


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