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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:
Mar. 19, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1993
Paul G Allen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stephen P Bard, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert W Gallup, Seattle, WA (US);
Asymetrix Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for a multimedia slide presentation having a computer, display screen, sound system, video disc, video cassette recorder, photo compact disc drive, compact disc read only memory (CD ROM), and a pointing device (trackball or mouse). Each slide may contain photographs, text, graphics, and charts, or any combination of various media. By actuating and releasing the second control button of the mouse or trackball, a tracked, popup menu is displayed in the multimedia slide system and aids the user to make selections that operate on the slides and objects on the slides. The popup menu contains a button bar, a title bar, and a list of textual menu items. Buttons in the button bar provide an appealing 'shortcut' to frequently used commands. The text menu items may also indicate another cascaded, popup menu when selected.