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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2005
Shailesh Saini, Seattle, WA (US);
Crystal L Hoyer, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew J Kotler, Kenmore, WA (US);
Gary a Pritting, Issaquah, WA (US);
Karen K Wong, Seattle, WA (US);
Shailesh Saini, Seattle, WA (US);
Crystal L Hoyer, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew J Kotler, Kenmore, WA (US);
Gary A Pritting, Issaquah, WA (US);
Karen K Wong, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for determining the location of a shape to be inserted into a diagram representing a data graph is disclosed. The method comprises determining a starting shape within the diagram; retrieving the number of nodes associated with the node associated with the starting shape; and comparing a preferred number of child nodes associated with the node associated with the starting shape to the current number of child nodes associated with the node. The results of the comparison are used to determine the node to be inserted in the data graph, the location of the node in the data graph, and the location of the shape in the diagram.