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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:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Junior Boezeman, Cary, NC (US);
Scott Michael Consolatti, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher Joseph Paul, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345302 ; 345328 ; 345348 ;
Abstract
A development tool simplifies layout of a part for a multimedia title. A spacer tool may be placed onto a graphical representation of a part. The spacer tool may be a play spacer which plays the part for a designated period of time, a hide spacer which hides what would have been an otherwise visible portion of a part, a rate spacer which changes the rate at which the part is played, or a move spacer which causes a part to move along a predetermined path while visible.