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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:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1996
Matthew A Shulman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Martin Cibulka, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The boundaries of a desired procedure in source code are determined even if there are an unequal number of begin and end procedure instructions due to conditional compilation or other programming instructions. In addition, the comments associated with a desired procedure, including those comments separated from the procedure by multiple blank instructions, are determined. The desired procedure, with correct boundaries and associated comments, is displayed in a procedural view for a user. Displaying procedures in a procedural view makes the creation, development and debugging of computer software, which is divided into multiple procedures, easier and more efficient. In addition, an accurate procedural view of software also helps reduce overall software development and maintenance costs.