SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ICONIC SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

Patent №

US 7,346,850

Granted

2008-03-18

Filed 2001

Owner

CYGNUS SYSTEMS, INC.

Lab

AI components

3

vision · kr · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

09878009

A method and system for storing, navigating and accessing files within an operating system through the use of a graphical thumbnail representing the video display of the active document within the active application, and organized chronologically by the most recent file ‘captured’. Filenames, application names and thumbnail filenames are stored in an indexed file. The indexed file can consist of every document and application used during a session or categorically defined by project or tasks or personal preference. This also stores the application name and path eliminating the need to remember which application last edited the file and where the application is located.

AI classification

AI hardware0.96
Knowledge representation0.88
Vision0.85
Speech0.47
Machine learning0.00
Planning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Natural language0.00

Ownership

CYGNUS SYSTEMS, INC.

assignment · 118950219

Assignors

SWARTZ, GREGORY J., SWARTZ, JAMES B., DANFORTH, CHRISTOPHER J.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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