| US 7,503,038 B2 | ||
| System and method for seamlessly comparing objects | ||
| Bhalchandra S. Pandit, Redmond, Wash. (US); Bradford R. Daniels, Redmond, Wash. (US); James W. Truher, III, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Jeffrey P. Snover, Woodinville, Wash. (US); and Jonathan S. Newman, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/928,652. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0047652 A1, Mar. 02, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/45 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 717—126 [717/139; 717/141; 717/143; 717/146] | 40 Claims |
| 1. At least one computer-readable storage medium
having computer executable instructions for performing a method, comprising:
obtaining a reference object;
obtaining at least one comparison object; and
performing a comparison between the reference object and the at least one
comparison object based on at least one parameter specified within a command string
in an object-based environment, wherein the at least one parameter comprises a keybased
switch and a key-word, the key-word specifying an expression on the command
string, the expression generating a reference-key associated with the reference object,
and the comparison being performed after confirming that the reference-key and a
comparison-key associated with the comparison object match.
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