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Use this tag for software patents in a broad sense, including patents whose core is an algorithm implemented in software or a computer interface.

Please use a US patent class tag as well if your question is about a US patent. Software patents tend to be in one of these classes:

• 345 computer-graphics computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
• 700 data-processing-control generic control systems or specific applications
• 701 data-processing-vehicles data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
• 702 data-processing-measuring data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
• 703 data-processing-modeling data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
• 704 data-processing-language data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression
• 705 data-processing-financial data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
• 706 data-processing-ai data processing: artificial intelligence
• 707 data-processing-database data processing: database and file management or data structures
• 708 computer-arithmetic electrical computers and digital processing systems: arithmetic processing and calculating
• 709 computer-data-transfer electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomputer data transferring
• 710 computer-input-output electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/output
• 711 computer-memory electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
• 712 computer-processors electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing architectures and instruction processing (e.g., processors)
• 713 computer-support electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
• 714 error-detection error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery
• 715 data-processing-interface data processing: presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen
• 716 circuits computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks
• 717 data-processing-software software development, installation, and management
• 718 computer-task-management electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual machine task or process management or task management/control
• 719 computer-ipc electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogram communication or interprocess communication (ipc)
• 720 optical-storage dynamic optical information storage or retrieval
• 725 video-distribution interactive video distribution systems
• 726 information-security information security