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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
May. 17, 1996
Mark Ludwig Stern, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Canfield Smith, Saratoga, CA (US);
David Curbow, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer Chaffee, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jeffrey Kreegar, Brisbane, CA (US);
Michael Thompson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
George Corrick, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel Jordan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kurt Piersol, Soquel, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A document-centered user interface architecture for a computer system employs parts as the fundamental building blocks of all documents. All data is stored in the system as a part, which is comprised of contents and an associated editor. The contents and the functionality of the editor are available to the user wherever the part is located, whether in a document, on a desktop or in a folder. Parts function as containers for other parts, thereby facilitating the compilation and editing of multimedia or compound documents.