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Associating file types with web-based applications for automatically launching the associated application

  • US 8,990,697 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2007
  • Issued: 03/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A set of machine readable instructions stored in a non-transitory 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, wherein said launching engine utilizes associations based upon file extensions to determine a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the Web site; and

    a file manager configured to present a pop-up menu on a graphical representation of the electronic document, the electronic document being selected and activated by a user as the launching event, wherein the pop-up menu includes a first user-selectable option to open the electronic document locally with a client side application and a second user-selectable option to open the electronic document remotely with a web browser side application, and wherein presentation of the first user-selectable option and the second user-selectable option within the pop-up menu is available only when a file extension of the electronic document is associated with both local applications and web-based applications within at least one file association table that is used by the launching engine.

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