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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. 22, 2005
Filed:
May. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Philip W. Gillis, Whippany, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Philip W. Gillis, Whippany, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F009/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus provide for the creating of a software tool, such as a Wizard, which is easily modifiable and which can simplify a complex procedure. Process steps, such as questions, are prompted and a plurality of potential selections associated with each of the process steps, such as answers to the questions, are also prompted. These process steps are questions and their corresponding answers are then stored and therefrom, a software tool is created.