Roy Campbell Stafford

US Patent:

7010580, Mar 7, 2006

Filed:

Oct 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/685417

Inventors:

Xiang Fu - San Jose CA, US
Roy Campbell Stafford - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Agile Software Corp. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 17/00
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

709217, 707104

Abstract:

Provided is a system and method for easily packaging and exchanging complex information such as that contained in a database in the form of objects and attached documents. The invention may include a server configured to create a viewer package containing data and viewer code that allows a client computer to read data within the viewer package. The viewer code provides a client computer with the ability to perform functions that are as robust and as useful to common functions of a database for viewing, consuming and manipulating data. The data to be accessed may be formatted in one or more universal formats so that a user opening the viewer package can access the data, independent of the medium onto which it is received.