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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Daniel Christopher Berg, Cary, NC (US);
Vijay Kumar Bhadriraju, Durham, NC (US);
Brad Lee Blancett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Charles Dyer Bridgham, Cary, NC (US);
Jialin C. Chen, Durham, NC (US);
Michael Damein Elder, Durham, NC (US);
Derek Francis Holt, Durham, NC (US);
John David Lanuti, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ritchard Leonard Schacher, Cary, NC (US);
Jason Ashley Sholl, Cary, NC (US);
Daniel Christopher Berg, Cary, NC (US);
Vijay Kumar Bhadriraju, Durham, NC (US);
Brad Lee Blancett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Charles Dyer Bridgham, Cary, NC (US);
Jialin C. Chen, Durham, NC (US);
Michael Damein Elder, Durham, NC (US);
Derek Francis Holt, Durham, NC (US);
John David Lanuti, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ritchard Leonard Schacher, Cary, NC (US);
Jason Ashley Sholl, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for implementing dynamic function groups in a data processing system. An extensible framework is provided, which provides function groups to amalgamate extended sets of functionality by either vendor or purpose and allows the function groups to be dynamically enabled or disabled within a software application. A user may specify which extended sets of functionality are relevant and when to enable them. With the use of function groups, third party vendors may integrate added functionalities with existing ones in a software application, and indicate when these functionalities should be available to end-users without the need to duplicate code. The invention allows for the construction of other extensible frameworks including wizards, editors, and operations may also be extended with the use of function groups.