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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. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2005
Stephanie S. Saad, Kirkland, WA (US);
Chad W. Royal, Redmond, WA (US);
Craig A. Skibo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Stephen L. Rakonza, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephanie S. Saad, Kirkland, WA (US);
Chad W. Royal, Redmond, WA (US);
Craig A. Skibo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Stephen L. Rakonza, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user can package one or more file(s) into a group and specify that the group is to be converted into a template. An IDE process can automatically index the content of the group and create a metadata file to represent the indexed content. The indexed file group and metadata can serve as a template for creating new files with properties of the original file(s). Completed templates are packaged together in one file such as a .zip file. Completed templates can be added to a User Interface (UI) accessible location, such as a collection of templates accessible to UI dialog processes for opening new files. The metadata file authored in a declarative programming language such as XML.