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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M. Schumacher, Wheaton, IL (US);
James E. Matthews, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ameritech Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/721 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/721 ;
Abstract
A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document browser displays documents that have been marked with embedded codes that specify the structure of the document. The tags are mapped to correspond to a set of icons. When the icon is selected while browsing a document, the browser will display the section of the structure corresponding to the icon selected, while preserving the constant user interface.