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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. 02, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2001
John C. Tang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Donald R. Gentner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nicole Y. Mordecai, Weston, MA (US);
James M. A. Begole, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael L. Van DE Vanter, Mountain View, CA (US);
John C. Tang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Donald R. Gentner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nicole Y. Mordecai, Weston, MA (US);
James M. A. Begole, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael L. Van De Vanter, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for accessing related computer objects. In one embodiment, computer objects related to a user's current task by a metric are listed. In another embodiment, other users related to a user's current task by a metric are listed. In one embodiment, the metric used to determine whether a user is related to a computer object determines whether the user accessed the computer object. In another embodiment, the metric used to determine whether a user is related to a computer object determines whether the user is referenced in the computer object. In other embodiments, the metric used to determine whether a user is related to a computer object involves other measures of relatedness. In one embodiment, the metric used to determine whether a computer object is related to another computer object determines whether the computer objects have a related user in common.