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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:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Israel Hilerio, Kenmore, WA (US);
Xinguang Chen, Redmond, WA (US);
Mary Anne Coles, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Israel Hilerio, Kenmore, WA (US);
Xinguang Chen, Redmond, WA (US);
Mary Anne Coles, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for enabling an existing business workflow tool to extend application functionality through the use of external components and for providing a business abstraction layer that lowers a user design barrier.