Branding dynamic link libraries
First Claim
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1. A method for managing and displaying branding data in a computer product including a variety of hardware and software components, said method comprising the steps of:
- storing branding data associated with said hardware and software components in a central library;
storing at least one routine to access said branding data in at least one second library, said at least one routine being called by a software application requesting branding data associated with hardware and software components utilized by said software application;
executing a routine in said at least one second library in response to a call made by said software application and extracting the requested branding data from said central library in response thereto; and
displaying the requested branding data in at least one non-modifiable field of a form of said software application.
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Abstract
Techniques for centralized management of branding information for computer products are disclosed. The techniques are particularly well suited for use with software application to display branding information for various hardware and/or software components being utilized by the software application.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for managing and displaying branding data in a computer product including a variety of hardware and software components, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing branding data associated with said hardware and software components in a central library;
storing at least one routine to access said branding data in at least one second library, said at least one routine being called by a software application requesting branding data associated with hardware and software components utilized by said software application;
executing a routine in said at least one second library in response to a call made by said software application and extracting the requested branding data from said central library in response thereto; and
displaying the requested branding data in at least one non-modifiable field of a form of said software application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of accessing branding data and displaying said branding data in a computer product including a variety of hardware and software components, in response to a request from a software application, said method comprising the steps of:
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linking to a first library storing routines to access branding data stored in a central library in response to said request, said branding data being associated with said hardware and software components;
calling the routines in said first library, said called routines loading said central library and extracting branding data from said central library identified in said request, said extracted branding data being associated with hardware and software components utilized by said software application;
conveying the extracted branding data to said software application; and
displaying the extracted branding data in at least one non-modifiable field of a form generated by said software application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of displaying branding data within a graphical user interface generated by a software application comprising the steps of:
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storing branding data in a first dynamic link library;
storing a plurality of routines in a second dynamic link library, each routine being associated with related branding data in said first dynamic link library, said routines being called in response to a branding data request made by said software application;
executing the routines when called by said software application to extract the related branding data from said first dynamic link library and conveying the extracted branding data to said software application, said extracted branding data being associated with hardware and/or software components utilized by said software application; and
displaying the extracted branding data within non-modifiable areas of said graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. In a computer product including a processing unit executing a software application stored in memory and a display to present a graphical form within a window in response to execution of said software application, a branding data management application comprising:
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a first library storing branding data associated with said software application; and
a second library storing a plurality of routines, each routine being associated with related branding data in said first library, said routines being called by said software application and being executed by said processing unit when called thereby to extract the related branding data from said first library and convey said related branding data to said software application, said extracted branding data being associated with hardware and software components utilized by said software application, said software application including said related branding data in non-modifiable areas of said graphical form presented by said display. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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