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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:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2004
Alan Ramaley, Seattle, WA (US);
Suresh Tharamal, Sammamish, WA (US);
Sean E. Mcateer, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas W. Olsen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Valerie D. Serdy, Sammamish, WA (US);
Alan Ramaley, Seattle, WA (US);
Suresh Tharamal, Sammamish, WA (US);
Sean E. McAteer, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas W. Olsen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Valerie D. Serdy, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for reviewing an electronic document. A copy of an electronic document is sent to a reviewer, the copy of the electronic document having a first property identifying the location of the electronic document in the memory and indicating that review of the copy has been requested. The reviewer uses an application program to open the copy of the electronic document. The application program detects properties and in response to the first property, automatically displays a review toolbar. The edited electronic document is then sent back to the author having at least a first property. The application program executed by the author detects the properties and in response to the first property, retrieves the original electronic document from the memory and automatically prompts the author to merge the edited electronic document into the electronic document.