Automatic file conversion to a target format
US7788290B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/116
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A conversion tool that is automatically launched enables file formats not understood by a given application to be opened by that application. The converter registers for file types that are not already associated with an application used by the system. When a file that is not supported by another application is opened, the converter automatically converts the file to the target format and then opens the file causing the application that is registered for the target format to be launched.
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