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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Yi Liu, Woodinville, WA (US);
Kristen Oshiro, Portland, OR (US);
David Boyd Ludwig, IV, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander Drotar, Seattle, WA (US);
Niraj Yadav, Bothell, WA (US);
Yu Hu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Haiyuan Cao, Issaquah, WA (US);
Haoran Wei, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeremiah A. Nyman, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of assisting a user with the discovery of program features is provided. The method includes detecting a selection of a data structure within a user interface, determining a contextual parameter based on the selected data structure, the contextual parameter associated with a modifiable feature of the selected data structure, determining options for generating program code configured to modify the modifiable feature are available based on the contextual parameter and a predefined inferential relationship between the contextual parameter and the modifiable feature of the selected data structure, and prompting the user in the user interface with information indicating that the determined options for generating the program code are accessible in the user interface.