Method and system for organizing internal structure of a file

Patent 5664178 Issued on September 2, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 7, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Sinofsky, Steven J.

Assignee

Microsoft Corporation

Application

No. 477084 filed on 06/07/1995

US Classes:

707/100, DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE715/515Compound document

Examiners

Primary: Black, Thomas G.
Assistant: Lintz, Paul R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Seed and Berry LLP

International Class

G06F 017/30

Abstract

A method and system for storing data in a file is provided. The present invention provides for data to be organized within a compound document as a file bundle. A file bundle is a file system file that contains sub-files, which may be organized hierarchically. The data within a file bundle file is preferably stored in a format defined by the program that generates the data. The program that generates the data can open the file bundle created by another program and directly access the data within the file bundle file.

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