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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Nagender P. Vedula, Bothell, WA (US);
Dharma K. Shukla, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aditya G. Bhandarkar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nagender P. Vedula, Bothell, WA (US);
Dharma K. Shukla, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aditya G. Bhandarkar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and tools are provided for graphically creating a mapping between a source object and a target object. The invention includes function objects or functoids, which may be graphically linked between a source object and a target object in a graphical user interface of a mapping tool. The function objects include a script component adapted to perform a function, a graphical component allowing a user to use the function object in creating a mapping in a mapping tool graphical user interface, and an interface component providing access to the script and graphical components. The invention further comprises methodologies and tools for creating such a mapping using one or more of the function objects, as well as a method and tool for creating function objects.