1996-11-26
1997-12-09
Kriess, Kevin A.
395651, G06F 9445
Patent
active
056969759
ABSTRACT:
A computer application stored on a storage medium (e.g., a portable storage medium such as a compact disk) is automatically launched. Initialization information expressed in accordance with a predefined syntax is stored on the storage medium. Also stored in the computer is "launching" information sufficient, together with the initialization information, to enable the computer to launch the application. The application is automatically launched, without user intervention, by reading the initialization information and using it in connection with the launching information stored in the computer.
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Brown Norman P.
Burckhartt David M.
Hess Randall L.
Johnson Drew S.
Moore Mark Douglass
Chavis John Q.
Compaq Computer Corporation
Kriess Kevin A.
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