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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:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory J Ferguson, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Bryan D Clapper, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395339 ; 395977 ; 395348 ; 395807 ; 395327 ; 395972 ;
Abstract
A movie-based facility for launching applications or services. A launchpad or pallet of icons is provided to a user. The launchpad is part of a graphical user interface. Each icon has a display region. A user can launch an application program by pressing the icon and concurrently therewith display a movie within the display region of the icon during the latency period associated with the launching of the application program.