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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. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2001
Cary Lee Bates, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert James Crenshaw, Apex, NC (US);
Paul Reuben Day, Rochester, MN (US);
John Matthew Santosuosso, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The electronic document composer stored in the memory and executable by the processor is utilized for drafting a first electronic document. A sender composes the first electronic document including at least a normal element, a conditional element, and a link element utilizing the electronic message composer. The sender can associate the conditional element with the link element, thus hiding the conditional element from view. The first electronic document is viewed utilizing the electronic document viewer. As the recipient invokes display of a remotely stored second electronic document by selecting an associated link element, the conditional element related to the associated link element will then become visible.