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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 24, 1996
David L Bangs, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander G Gounares, Redmond, WA (US);
James J O'Neill, Issaquah, WA (US);
Murray Sargent, III, Kirkland, WA (US);
Igor Y Zaika, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system through which an application program can access textual data through a common text accessing interface. The system provides a hierarchy of interfaces through which various text manipulation functions can be accessed. These functions control the editing and displaying of text. The hierarchy of interfaces include an interface for manipulating a document and for manipulating a range of characters within the document. By using these interfaces, a server can expose its text to various clients.
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