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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:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Daniel M. Gruen, Newton, MA (US);
Li-te Cheng, Malden, MA (US);
Devon J. Rueckner, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel M. Gruen, Newton, MA (US);
Li-Te Cheng, Malden, MA (US);
Devon J. Rueckner, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for setting attributes and initiating actions associated with list items. An action icon menu is displayed with options for a user to select related to each item in the list. The user may set an item from the list for a selected action by choosing from the action icon menu or by performing a gesture associated with the desired action.