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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:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shankar Vaidyanathan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Philip Lucido, Redmond, WA (US);
Sundeep Bhatia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 ;
Abstract
Automatic parameter help is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises an editor to provide for developing source code for a computer program, where the source code includes an identifier; and an automatic help module invoked upon a predetermined event by the editor. The automatic help module is operative to display reference information associated with the identifier.