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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2005
David Schach, Redmond, WA (US);
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Avner Y. Aharoni, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam J. Wiener, Seattle, WA (US);
David Schach, Redmond, WA (US);
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Avner Y. Aharoni, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam J. Wiener, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The subject invention relates to systems and methods that augment node-based programming languages to facilitate efficient data manipulation of hierarchical data structures. In one aspect, a query or general purpose language system is provided. The system includes a query component to interact with hierarchical node-based data collections and a language extension component to augment the query component to facilitate interactions with the node-based data collections. The language extension component supplies various functions to filter the data collections at a granular level, re-shape the data collections, sort the data collections, or extend the data collections with computed nodes.