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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. 23, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Kevin David James Grealish, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Storage and restoration of display state data for a display object having a display state that can be altered by display state changes made to other display objects in a hierarchical data structure where the display state of the display object being stored has more than one superior display object. Display state data storage and restoration can be a process that is consumptive of processor and memory resources. A method and system are provided for efficiently storing and restoring display state data for display objects corresponding to data elements in a complex hierarchical data structure. A sequence number generator is used to track display state changes made to a complex display grid. As display state changes are made, a number is associated with the display state change which is, in turn, associated with a display object. As a grid or a portion of the grid is restored, the sequence numbers are analyzed in a sequence determined by the relative superiority of display objects to determine whether a particular display state change needs to be saved and/or restored, thereby avoiding unnecessary restorations of display state changes.
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