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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. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Georg F. Petschnigg, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan R. Harris, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Redmond, WA (US);
Georg F. Petschnigg, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan R. Harris, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
This document describes various techniques for creating, modifying, and using graphical mashups. In one embodiment, a graphical mashup is created based on locations of graphical representations of objects in a working area. Logical connections between the objects are created based on the objects' locations relative to each other. Alternatively or additionally, the techniques may enable a user to create or modify a graphical mashup by adding or deleting objects, modifying logical connections between objects, annotating objects, or abstracting the graphical mashup.