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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:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Jerome R. Bellegarda, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kim E. A. Silverman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Tiene, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bertrand Serlet, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jerome R. Bellegarda, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kim E. A. Silverman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Tiene, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bertrand Serlet, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium that files data in a destination based on one or more criteria. In various embodiments, the data may be email, email attachments, faxes, telephone messages, downloaded data or programs, audio, video, scanned images, photographs, blocks of text, or other data. In an embodiment, a training mode and an automatic mode are provided. During the training mode, a user is presented with data and a recommended destination, and the user provides feedback that is used to train the criteria. During an automatic mode, the data may be transferred to the destination with or without user confirmation.