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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:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1993
Joseph J Courant, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Byron T Jenings, Jr, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automating and controlling execution of tools in a computer system that includes a number of software application tools. The method and apparatus of the present invention enables a user without knowledge of the event connector, the message server or of software programming to create customized tool interactions from the different application tools present to match the user's needs. The method and apparatus of the present invention gives the user control of software tool integration without having to write any code or changing the implementations of the individual software tools. The tool integration is based on user-defined, event-driven interactions between the functions of the different tools of the system.