Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Editing
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-22
2008-01-22
Ingberg, Todd (Department: 2193)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Editing
C717S100000, C717S143000, C715S711000, C715S705000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09970409
ABSTRACT:
An intelligent real time tool to assist a computer programmer during the writing and/or maintenance of a computer program. The tool generates assist windows that contain program related information that the programmer can use to construct a programming language statement and/or to obtain real time information about a programming language statement. An assist window can be automatically displayed as determined by the tool itself, and/or manually displayed on demand in response to a user input command. An assist window displays two general categories of information including but not limited to selection menu information based on a partial compilation of all programming language statements, and informational displays based on a partial compilation and a reverse parse of an immediate programming language statement. The statement generating tool assist windows are non-intrusive to programmer input and can be ignored by the programmer by merely continuing to type.
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Cibulka Martin
Curland Matthew James
Shulman Matthew
Sobeski David Anthony
Ingberg Todd
Microsoft Corporation
Woodcock & Washburn LLP
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