improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article includes a list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . october 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message qarbon.com inc. type private industry computer software founded san jose california headquarters san jose california area served worldwide products electronic learning website www.qarbon.com qarbon formerly jet software is a software company headquartered in san jose ca united states . founded in 1997 they invented the concept of a viewlet which is now often referred to as a screencast . 1 using a scenario capture approach a series of compressed screenshots and cursor positions qarbon s technology enabled simulated playback of any software application . by allowing users to edit these scenarios they could be augmented to create interactive viewlets ; the output of the process . the very first viewlet output format was a java applet but as technology advanced the decision was made to switch to an . swf also known as adobe flash format for better cross platform support . contents 1 products 2 customers 3 intellectual property 4 related file formats and extensions 5 references products edit qarbon is most widely recognized for its flagship viewletbuilder product a cross platform software simulation tutorial builder . the qarbon family of products also include viewletquiz viewletcam viewletpoll and viewletcentral . qarbon s electronic learning software applications generate scorm and aicc compliant flash content screencasts simulations and interactive assessments for delivery via email and cd or on web sites and learning management systems . viewletcentral a viewlet hosting server based system created by qarbon allows viewlets to be stored managed and deployed while gathering viewlet users utilization statistics . customers edit many fortune 500 companies have used qarbon s products . 2 qarbon s customers include microsoft deutsche bank siemens procter & gamble ibm boeing coca cola cisco systems oracle corporation google the home depot target and apple computer . qarbon serves customers across the globe with partners in africa asia australia new zealand europe india latin america and the middle east . 3 intellectual property edit patent number 6404441 4 patent number 7360159 5 the most notable patent infringement claim was against ehelp s robodemo product . 6 macromedia acquired ehelp and this product shortly after the claim was filed and in 2005 they were acquired by adobe systems . robodemo was renamed and re introduced as adobe captivate . qarbon has also filed claims against installshield 7 bernard d & g 8 and macrovision . 9 related file formats and extensions edit ext. explanation . qvp viewletbuilder project files which can be edited with the viewletbuilder pro or viewletbuilder enterprise software . . qvpx xml based project file format used by newer versions of viewletbuilder introduced in version 7 . . vie viewletquiz project files which can be edited with the viewletquiz or viewletbuilder enterprise software . . viex xml based project file format used by newer versions of viewletquiz introduced in version 4 . . vcp viewletcam project files which can be edited with the viewletcam software . references edit qarbon about us page http www.qarbon.com about us qarbon case studies http www.qarbon.com features case studies international distribution of qarbon s presentation software http www.qarbon.com about us resellers countries a system for producing presentations of computer application programs . filed july 16th 1999 http patft.uspto.gov netacgi nph parser sect2 pto1 & sect2 hitoff & p 1 & u % 2fnetahtml % 2fpto % 2fsearch bool.html & r 1 & f g & l 50 & d pall & refsrch yes & query pn % 2f6404441 a system for producing presentations of computer application programs . filed sept 18th 2003 http patft.uspto.gov netacgi nph parser sect2 pto1 & sect2 hitoff & p 1 & u % 2fnetahtml % 2fpto % 2fsearch bool.html & r 1 & f g & l 50 & d pall & refsrch yes & query pn % 2f7360159 qarbon to pursue patent infringement lawsuit against ehelp despite pending acquisition by macromedia september 23rd 2003 available at http www.advfn.com news qarbon to pursue patent infringement lawsuit against ehelp despite pending acqui 6657128.html qarbon.com incorporated v. installshield software corporation april 22nd 2004 http dockets.justia.com docket california candce 3 2005cv00921 28645 qarbon.com incorporated v. bernard d & g company march 4th 2005 http dockets.justia.com docket california candce 3 2005cv00921 28645 qarbon.com incorporated v. macrovision corporation december 8th 2006 http dockets.justia.com docket california candce 3 2006cv07532 187038 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title qarbon & oldid 628235745 categories companies based in san jose californiasoftware companies based in californiahidden categories articles lacking in text citations from october 2010all articles lacking in text citationsorphaned articles from october 2010all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2014 at 18 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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