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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Prashant Kumar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jonjo Twist, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen C. Siciliano, Bellevue, WA (US);
Himanshu Agrawal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Prabir K. Shrestha, Redmond, WA (US);
Balasubramanian Shyamsundar, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A workflow development system is described herein that includes a graphical user interface (GUI) that is configured to selectively and dynamically allocate relatively more of a display area to a particular one of a plurality of different, simultaneously-displayed workflow step representations than is allocated to the other workflow step representation(s) to facilitate user interaction the particular workflow step representation. Such allocation may be carried out in response to user interaction with the particular workflow step representation or in response to a determination that a user is otherwise focused on the particular workflow step representation. In embodiments, the workflow step representations represent different workflow steps in a series of workflow steps. In further embodiments, the workflow step representations represent different workflow steps that may be performed depending upon the evaluation of a condition.