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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Persnaz Neli Hayes, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);
Canon Information Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Computer-executable process steps stored on a computer-readable medium to provide an application programming interface (API) to a client application for communicating between the client application and a plug-in module. The API includes a menu-create routine which searches for plug-in modules, which enters information regarding a found plug-in module into a structure, the structure being used to create and to display a plug-in menu of found plug-in modules, an 'about' menu-create routine which enters 'about' plug-in information into an 'about' structure, the 'about' structure being used to create and to display a plug-in 'about' menu, a menu-enable routine, a menu-disable routine and an invoking routine which permits the client application to utilize a selected plug-in module.