ASSOCIATING FILE TYPES WITH WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS FOR AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCHING THE ASSOCIATED APPLICATION
First Claim
1. A set of machine readable instructions stored in a machine readable medium, said set of machine readable instructions comprising;
- a launching engine configured to automatically launch a Web site and load an electronic document responsive to a launching event for the electronic document.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a launching engine configured to automatically launch a Web site and load an electronic document responsive to a launching event for the electronic document. The launching engine can be a component of a computer operating system (e.g., MAC OS, OS/2, WINDOWS XP, etc.) or a graphics management component (e.g., KDE, GNOME, etc.) of a computer. A launching event can be initiated by user selection of a document icon, a user selection of an electronic document from a file management application, a launching script for the electronic document triggered by a media insertion action, and the like.
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20 Claims
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1. A set of machine readable instructions stored in a machine readable medium, said set of machine readable instructions comprising;
a launching engine configured to automatically launch a Web site and load an electronic document responsive to a launching event for the electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for launching applications comprising:
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detecting a user selection of an electronic document; ascertaining an association type for the electronic document; determining a remote Web site that corresponds to the association type; instantiating a browser; directing the browser to the remote Web site; and the remote Web site loading the electronic document, wherein the steps of claim 12 are automatically performed by a machine in accordance with a set of programmatic instructions stored in a machine readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A graphical user interface comprising:
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at least one user selectable item presented upon the graphical user interface, said user selectable item representing a corresponding electronic document, wherein a selection of the user selectable item initiates a launching event, wherein the electronic document corresponds to a previously designated association type, wherein the association type corresponds to a previously designated Web site; and a Web browser interface configured to be automatically presented and to automatically display the Web site in a state in which a selected electronic document has been loaded responsive to an occurrence of the launching event. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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