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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2008
Applicants:

Martin James Murrett, Portland, OR (US);

Christopher E. Rudolph, Camas, WA (US);

Kevin Raemon Glyn Smyth, Vancouver, CA;

Inventors:

Martin James Murrett, Portland, OR (US);

Christopher E. Rudolph, Camas, WA (US);

Kevin Raemon Glyn Smyth, Vancouver, CA;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/38 (2013.01); G06F 17/3089 (2013.01); G06F 17/30873 (2013.01); G06F 17/30905 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for providing an application canvas framework which facilitates the manipulation of text and graphics within a web browser. During operation, the system receives a command from a user at a web browser to execute a web-based application. In response to the command, the system loads the web-based application which includes an application canvas framework within the web browser, wherein the application canvas framework provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that facilitates the manipulation of text and graphics within the web browser. Note that the application canvas framework can be browser independent and/or platform independent.


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