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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew Slade Cronk, Austin, TX (US);
Gerald Francis McBrearty, Austin, TX (US);
Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Austin, TX (US);
Michael William Wortman, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 ;
Abstract
A method, system and computer readable instructions for executing a file with a file format is provided. An attempt is made to execute the file with a first computer application within a plurality of computer applications. Responsive to the first computer application being unable to recognize the file format of the file, a second computer application within the plurality of computer applications is selected to execute the file. The file is then executed using the selected second computer application.