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Dettinger et al.

(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:

US 7,904,469 B2 Mar. 8, 2011

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EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF AN
ANNOTATION TO AN ENTITY LEVEL

Inventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Rochester, MN
(US); Cale T. Rath, Byron, MN (US);
Richard J. Stevens, Mantorville, MN
(US)

Assignee: International Business Machines
Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)

Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 437 days.

Appl.No.: 12/025,129

Filed: Feb. 4, 2008

Prior Publication Data

US 2008/0147718 Al Jun. 19, 2008

Related U.S. Application Data

Division of application No. 10/664,537, filed on Sep. 19, 2003.

Int. CI.

G06F17/30 (2006.01)

U.S. CI 707/769; 715/230

Field of Classification Search 707/769;

715/230

See application file for complete search history.

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