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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:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Danny Van Velzen, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey Van Gogh, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian C. Beckman, Newcastle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Danny Van Velzen, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey Van Gogh, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian C. Beckman, Newcastle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Mechanisms are afforded for supporting cross platform widgets. A generic widget can be converted into a specialized widget of a corresponding platform. Dually, a specialized widget can be generalized to a generic widget for subsequent deployment on the same or different host. Furthermore, support is provided for compositional widgets across platforms.