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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:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2004
Applicants:
Mihir Sambhus, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sathyanarayanan Kavacheri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mihir Sambhus, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sathyanarayanan Kavacheri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems Inc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An address book API according to the present invention includes an abstracted API and one or more address book specific adapters. The abstracted API provides functionalities common to a plurality of address book programs. The abstracted API is abstract enough to readily interface with various address books. Each adapter provides for address book program specific implementation of functionalities.