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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. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2000
Applicants:
Karen R. Kluttz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sandeep K. Singhal, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thyra Rauch, Raleigh, NC (US);
David A. Schell, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Karen R. Kluttz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sandeep K. Singhal, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thyra Rauch, Raleigh, NC (US);
David A. Schell, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is a method and apparatus for automatically opening files of particular types in a computer application program using certain attributes, such as window size and position, as dictated by user preferences based on the user's previous habits in opening files of the same type in that particular computer application program or based on properties of the file itself.