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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:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Todd J. Anderson, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen Caird, Eugene, OR (US);
David B Lamkins, Portland, OR (US);
John T. Larason, Aloha, OR (US);
Alan C. Packer, Portland, OR (US);
Todd J. Anderson, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen Caird, Eugene, OR (US);
David B Lamkins, Portland, OR (US);
John T. Larason, Aloha, OR (US);
Alan C. Packer, Portland, OR (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A category name service is provided to conditionally return a category name for a data object upon request. The category name is returned is the category name is known or if the requester has subscribed for dynamic determination service, and the dynamic determination is successful. In selected embodiments, the category name service includes the dynamic determination service. In selected embodiments, the category name service also provides for the requestor to request review of a returned category name and/or request override of a returned category name. In selected embodiments, the category name service also includes the dynamic determination, review, and/or override service.