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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:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Andrew C. Baird, Kirkland, WA (US);
John L. Beezer, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan C. Cluts, Redmond, WA (US);
Daryl E. Rubin, Redmond, WA (US);
Susan D. Woolf, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew C. Baird, Kirkland, WA (US);
John L. Beezer, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan C. Cluts, Redmond, WA (US);
Daryl E. Rubin, Redmond, WA (US);
Susan D. Woolf, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
While viewing an electronically displayed document, a user creates a bookmark by selecting a desired part of a document to be marked. In response, a visual indicator is displayed and a bookmark object is created preferably separate from the document. The bookmark object comprises information linking the bookmark object to the desired part of the document as well as user-modifiable properties. If another part of the document is subsequently displayed, at least a portion of the visual indicator is still displayed. Later selection of the portion of the visual indicator causes the desired portion of the document to be re-displayed. Because the object is separate from the document, it may be viewed and sorted by its properties apart from its display with the document. A placemark is created whenever the display of a current document is discontinued. In response to a discontinuation signal, a placemark object comprising information linking the placemark object to a last-viewed part of the document is created. Subsequent selection of the document for re-display causes the last-viewed part of the document to be displayed.