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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
Arthur C. Leonard, Redmond, WA (US);
Pavel R. Karimov, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy E. Getsch, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael J. Mccormack, Snohomish, WA (US);
Michael Tucker, Duvall, WA (US);
Arthur C. Leonard, Redmond, WA (US);
Pavel R. Karimov, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy E. Getsch, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael J. McCormack, Snohomish, WA (US);
Michael Tucker, Duvall, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are provided for displaying components for visually designing logical structures or macros. In one embodiment, a logical surface component is displayed which may include a design surface. The design surface may be utilized to display data which make up one or more macros. The design surface may be selected for receiving macro data. The received data, which represents a macro design, may then be displayed in the design surface on a display device. In another embodiment, controls for navigating within logical surface components utilized for designing macros may be displayed on a display device. A logical surface component which includes a hierarchical grouping of macro actions may be displayed. One more actions may be selected and an instruction may be received in a visual interface to move selected actions among the hierarchical grouping. In response to receiving the move instruction, the selected actions which were moved may be displayed.