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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Phillippe-joseph Arida, Redmond, WA (US);
Po-yan Tsang, Seattle, WA (US);
William G Morein, Seattle, WA (US);
Abraham Mathew, Edmonds, WA (US);
Loic Henry-greard, Sammamish, WA (US);
Raveendrnathan Loganathan, Redmond, WA (US);
Sung Won Shin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Heidi Mcallister, Brier, WA (US);
John Wang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Emil Cicos, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mairead Therese Droney, Seattle, WA (US);
Phillippe-Joseph Arida, Redmond, WA (US);
Po-Yan Tsang, Seattle, WA (US);
William G Morein, Seattle, WA (US);
Abraham Mathew, Edmonds, WA (US);
Loic Henry-Greard, Sammamish, WA (US);
Raveendrnathan Loganathan, Redmond, WA (US);
Sung Won Shin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Heidi McAllister, Brier, WA (US);
John Wang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Emil Cicos, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mairead Therese Droney, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Technologies are described herein for refreshing data-linked diagrams on a server computer and viewing and consuming the refreshed diagrams via a Web browser. A drawing program allows equations within a diagram definition to define how external data is utilized to modify the attributes of a diagram element. When the diagram is published to a server computer, the definition is converted to server-legible definition. A published diagram is generated that includes a diagram representation defined by the server-legible definition. Upon a request for the published diagram, the external data is refreshed and the diagram definition is updated. The equations are recalculated to generate new element attributes. The diagram representation is then updated with the new attributes and returned for display by a client Web browser. An interface provides exploration tools and a client API exposes methods for surfacing external data and annotating the diagram.