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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:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2000
Applicants:
Stephane St-michel, Woodinville, WA (US);
Chris J. Guzak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Autumn F. G. Neault, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Stephane St-Michel, Woodinville, WA (US);
Chris J. Guzak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Autumn F. G. Neault, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system are provided for detecting content on media and devices and automatically launching applications to run the detected content. In one embodiment, the system searches the media or device for content and automatically launches the appropriate application without the user searching for the application. In another embodiment, the system provides the user with a filtered list of applications to run content found on the media or device.