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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew D Padawer, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew A Grove, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395800 ; 395500 ; 395155 ; 395156 ; 364D / ; 3642741 ; 3642862 ; 3642372 ;
Abstract
A method for allowing a user of a computer program to customize a menu while the computer program is executing is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the computer program provides a customized menu facility. This facility allows a user to add a menu item to a menu and associate that menu item with an external computer program. The computer program in response to selection of the menu item by a user invokes the external computer program. Upon completion of the execution of the external computer program, execution of the computer program is resumed.