Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Arye Gittelman

Sterling John Crockett

Petru Moldovanu

Aditi Mandal

Antony S Williams

Vijay Mital

Darryl Ellis Rubin

Donald F Box

Randy S Kimmerly

Haroon Ahmed

Anthony Christopher Bloesch

Patrick Miller

Gunter Leeb

Florian Voss

Zachary A Nation

William A Manis

Lionel Antonio Robinson

Erin Megan Riley

Ajey Pankaj Shah

Yubo Jia

John William Strick

Michael Brandon Silverstein

Emre Bogazliyanlioglu

Xiaomei Wang

David Scott Retterath

Lonny Bastien

Zackaria Adel Ali

Steven Li

Alexander S Spitsyn

Cindy Liao Hartwig

Joy Seth

Stephen Michael Danton

Siddharth Jayadevan

Sam Spencer

William Emeric Aitken

Jonathan Fred Keslin

Kfir Ami-ad

Christopher Donald Hackmann

Dillon Nugent

Vladimir H Hristov

Systems and methods to enable on-the-fly modification of running processes on a webserver more quickly and efficiently are discussed herein. A code vault is used to store binaries for use in production code running on a server, which are downloaded and implemented in the running process when authorized by developers. The process retrieves the binaries from the code vault to deploy the modifications to a specified audience without having to re-instantiate or run a parallel process with the new binaries. Binaries for different audiences or subsequent experiments may be downloaded onto the same machine, but remain isolated. Control of the deployments may require multi-factor or multi-user authentication and are logged for change control.

Binary experimentation on running web servers

A client computing architecture is provided that utilized minimal download and simulated page navigation features. A client computer may receive a payload comprising delta data in response to a navigation request for an electronic page. The client computer may further parse the delta data for the electronic page, update page contents for the electronic page based on the received delta data, determine whether one or more errors are associated with a page load process for the electronic page, manage a fragment identifier portion of a uniform resource locator (URL) to track a current location in a navigation of the electronic page, and intercept one or more navigation click events to ensure a minimal download strategy navigation.

Client-side minimal download and simulated page navigation features

Embodiments are provided that include the use of a cancellable command application programming interface (API) framework that provides cooperative multitasking for synchronous and asynchronous operations based in part on a command timing sequence and a cancellable command API definition. A method of an embodiment enables a user or programmer to use a cancellable command API definition as part of implementing a responsive application interface using a command timing sequence to control execution of active tasks. A cancellable command API framework of an embodiment includes a command block including a command function, a task engine to monitor the command function, and a timer component to control execution of asynchronous and synchronous tasks based in part on first and second control timing intervals associated with a command timing sequence. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Cancellable command application programming interface (API) framework

Embodiments are provided that include client-server computing architectures that use minimal download features and functionality as part of page navigation operations, but are not so limited. In an embodiment, a client-server computer system uses a page transition strategy to navigate between electronic pages based in part on script, style, content, and/or other page differences that can be used as part of providing minimal download features and functionality. A method of an embodiment operates to package page incremental rendering information for use in rendering a new electronic page without having to reapply common aspects of the new electronic page and a reference electronic page. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Minimal download and simulated page navigation features

Loading of web application pages and dependent files are optimized both in terms of load order and selective authentication. A baseline file (also referred to as the wire frame page) may include main page framework and most dependent files. Files referenced in the baseline file may be organized such that they load in an optimized fashion. The baseline file and the dependent files referenced therein may be loaded anonymously without waiting for the completion of the authentication process. The secure content may be the only authenticated request made, thus allowing most of the files to load in parallel to the longer authenticated request.

Web page load time reduction by optimized authentication

A server computing architecture is provided that uses minimal download features and includes error failover functionality. A server computer may receive an electronic page request and calculate a delta between a known static baseline electronic page and the requested electronic page. The static baseline electronic page may include an electronic page without content that utilizes a master electronic page. The master electronic page may include shared content for electronic pages associated with a website. The server computer may further determine whether one more errors are associated with rendering the calculated delta, render a payload comprising only the calculated delta upon determining an absence of the one or more errors and failover to one or more options upon determining that the one or more errors are associated with rendering the calculated delta.

Server-side minimal download and error failover

A stub can be loaded into a first browser environment of a browser application on a client machine, with the stub being loaded from a domain. The stub can execute to load an online application test into the first browser environment. Additionally, the test can execute in the first browser environment to conduct the test on an online application. For example, the test may be conducted from a second browser environment of the browser on the client machine. Performing the test can include loading one or more digital pages from the application into the second browser environment.

Online application testing across browser environments

Embodiments prepare a markup language (ML) element for animation. A request to perform at least one animation on at least one ML element is intercepted or received. One or more animation preparation attribute values are defined based at least on the requested animation and current attribute values of the ML element. The ML element is altered to include the defined animation preparation attribute values, and an animation engine performs the animation of the altered ML element. The animation preparation attributes and values (e.g., style elements) may be reset, removed, or otherwise modified after animation. In some embodiments, a library of application programming interfaces (APIs) enable web browsers to request animations of legacy hypertext markup language (HTML) elements for consumption by animation engines based on JAVASCRIPT scripting or cascading style sheets (CSS).

Decomposing markup language elements for animation

Embodiments provide animations with an animation engine decoupled from an animation catalog storing animation definitions. A computing device accesses at least one of the animation definitions corresponding to at least one markup language (ML) element to be animated. Final attribute values associated with the ML element are identified (e.g., provided by the caller or defined in the animation definition). The computing device animates the ML element using the accessed animation definition and the identified final attribute values. In some embodiments, the animation engine uses a single timer to animate a plurality of hypertext markup language (HTML) elements displayed by a browser.

Animation engine decoupled from animation catalog

Facilitating generic database editing to allow for data to be received from a user for entry into a database without requiring the data to conform to schema constraints for the database. A method includes examining a first schema for a first database. The first schema including a first set of constraints specified in the first schema on data to be entered into the first database. The method further includes, based on the examination, constructing a second database corresponding to the first database. The second database is associated with a second schema with a second set of constraints. The second set of constraints is a relaxed version of the first set of constraints specified in the first schema.

Generic editor for databases

The composition of multiple analytical visual composition models into a single whole. A model importation mechanism allows a model author or other user import all or portions of other models. By so doing, the author might cause the following to be supplemented or changed in an existing analytics-driven model: 1) additional model input data as well to generate a supplemented set of model input data; 2) additional bindings between the supplemental set of model input data to the model parameters; 3) additional model parameters to generate a supplemental set of model parameters; and 4) additional analytical relationships between the supplemental set of model parameters. Accordingly, the author may borrow from models by other authors, allowing for effective collaboration in order to construct increasingly complex models.

Composition of analytics models

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