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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:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Applicants:
Wesley A. Witt, Redmond, WA (US);
Sara J. Schumacher, Montreal, CA;
Kartik N. Raghavan, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Wesley A. Witt, Redmond, WA (US);
Sara J. Schumacher, Montreal, CA;
Kartik N. Raghavan, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for managing image files is provided. The image files include a plurality of streams such as a control stream, a data stream, a bitmap stream, and a cluster map stream. An audit trail stream, properties stream and fix-up stream may also be provided. An image driver translates requests from the operating system so that the image can be read, edited or otherwise manipulated.