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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:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Norio Fukuoka, Yokohama, JP;
Masaya Honma, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Wada, Tama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information terminal device and method for upgrading a program simply and flexibly and an upgraded program is described. In many cases, a program running on a computer has additional functions prepared separately so that they can be added to that program as necessary. To use the additional functions, a user may purchase a new version of that program and install it on their computer by selecting icons which link to the new version of the program.