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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:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2009
Yin Xie, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sonia Patricia Carlson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brian S. Aust, Redmond, WA (US);
Oscar G. Naim, Redmond, WA (US);
Chris D. Karkanias, Sammamish, WA (US);
George G. Robertson, Northeast Harbor, ME (US);
Yin Xie, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sonia Patricia Carlson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brian S. Aust, Redmond, WA (US);
Oscar G. Naim, Redmond, WA (US);
Chris D. Karkanias, Sammamish, WA (US);
George G. Robertson, Northeast Harbor, ME (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described is a technology for composing queries by user interaction with objects and facets. A facet-based user interface allows users to select facets for use as filtering criteria, and a logic-based user interface allows users to logically combine object data. Query logic that processes the filtering criteria and/or logically combines the object data into a query. The facet-based user interface and logic-based user interface may be accessed via a unified user interface. The unified user interface may also provide a text editor for composing a text-based query.