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Replaceable and extensible notebook component of a network component

  • US 5,784,619 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1997
  • Issued: 07/21/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An extensible and replaceable network-oriented component system for recording locations of resources coupled to computer networks, the system residing on a computer including a component architecture layer interfacing with an operating system to control the operations of the computer, the system comprising:

  • a network component layer coupled to the component architecture layer in cooperating relation; and

    a notebook component defined by the network component layer for recording a reference to a resource coupled to the computer networks, the notebook component being replaceable and extensible by other notebook-type components in response to the cooperating relationship between the network component layer and the component architecture layer, wherein said component architecture layer and said network component layer cooperate via an application programming interface to embed components within one another to form a compound document including mixed data types and formats.

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