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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:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2004
Andrew Bishop, Redmond, WA (US);
Ashley Morgan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Brian Jones, Redmond, WA (US);
Chad Rothschiller, Edmonds, WA (US);
Charles S. Walker, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eoin Burke, Seattle, WA (US);
Josh Pollock, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Little, Redmond, WA (US);
Sharad K. Garg, Fremont, CA (US);
Shawn Alan Villaron, San Jose, CA (US);
Su-piao Bill Wu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Andrew Bishop, Redmond, WA (US);
Ashley Morgan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Brian Jones, Redmond, WA (US);
Chad Rothschiller, Edmonds, WA (US);
Charles S. Walker, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eoin Burke, Seattle, WA (US);
Josh Pollock, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Little, Redmond, WA (US);
Sharad K. Garg, Fremont, CA (US);
Shawn Alan Villaron, San Jose, CA (US);
Su-Piao Bill Wu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems provide for breaking a computer-generated document into a number of components where the components have explicit relationships with each other. A relationship representation is generated for the components of the document. A user may then navigate the relationships between the components to quickly understand the nature of the document and its components and to locate particular portions of the document that are important to the user. In addition, the user may open, edit and reuse particular components of the document apart from the rest of the document and without having to open or edit the document.