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Customizable user interfaces for programmed computer systems

US5862395A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 1993
Grant dateJan 19, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/451
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A software architecture is provided for allowing users to impart various types of button behavior to ordinary human interpretable elements of electronic documents by associating hidden persistent character string button attributes to such elements. This architecture permits such buttons to be edited and searched through the use of the edit and search routines that are ordinarily provided by standard document editors.

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