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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Jinsong Yu, Sammamish, WA (US);
William Ben Kunz, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jinsong Yu, Sammamish, WA (US);
William Ben Kunz, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A piece of software running on either a computer or a calculator for receiving a mathematical expression is described. The mathematical expression is evaluated to obtain its symbolic result. If the symbolic result can be resolved to its numeric result, the software executes to obtain the numeric result. The software displays contemporaneously the symbolic result and the numeric result.