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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:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dana L Gillihan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Donald Ray Hyatt, Apex, NC (US);
Paul T Leone, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kenneth M Nordby, Cary, NC (US);
Victor Edward Pullizzi, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Thyra Lynne Rauch, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert W Rinda, Raleigh, NC (US);
Paula J Spoth, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707-9 ; 707-1 ; 707 10 ;
Abstract
A collection is defined for use with a virtual library comprising electronic documents. An administrator pre-assigns electronic documents meeting a specific criteria to a directory. The directory is then associated with a descriptive collection name allowing a user to see documents relating to a topic.