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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2002
Applicants:

Patrick M. Dobrowski, Burnsville, MN (US);

Scott N. Hokeness, Lakeville, MN (US);

Fred G. Middendorf, Eagan, MN (US);

Inventors:

Patrick M. Dobrowski, Burnsville, MN (US);

Scott N. Hokeness, Lakeville, MN (US);

Fred G. Middendorf, Eagan, MN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An originating application in a process plant is able to launch multiple desired applications, with one or more of the desired applications having a different application programming interface. In one example, the originating application is able to launch multiple desired applications via an application launcher program. The originating application provides the application launcher program with an indication of the desired application to be launched, and the application launcher program then launches the indicated desired application.


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