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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:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Ricky A Steffens, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Tomas G Wilkins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel B Ashbaugh, Loveland, CO (US);
Michael D Krause, Loveland, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A universally available system and method are used to provide information to a system user as to the contents stored in a memory. In one embodiment, a CD ROM is used to store data thereon and the data is abstracted and the abstract is stored in a HTML file as a WEB page. The abstract file is then available for viewing by any browser without regard to the operating system of the host computer. Hot link buttons on the WEB page abstract allow a user to open a file from the WEB page. Audio and video abstracts can be added and the user can participate in the creation and selection of the abstract.