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Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2005
Applicants:

Mark T. Nelson, Kirkland, WA (US);

Cathy L. Mcbride, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael J. Woolf, Kirkland, WA (US);

Patrick Leahy, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Mark T. Nelson, Kirkland, WA (US);

Cathy L. McBride, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael J. Woolf, Kirkland, WA (US);

Patrick Leahy, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Adornments are applied to shapes in a diagram that graphically displays data about those shapes. Once the adornments are applied to a shape, the information displayed is automatically updated as the underlying shape data changes. The appearance of the diagram is updated automatically when the user updates the data for their shapes. The set of adornments that may be applied to shapes is extensible. A mechanism and interface is defined for creating additional adornments that have customized looks or behaviors.


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