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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2006
Vijay Mital, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tim Getsch, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Robert Miller, Issaquah, WA (US);
Erik Jon Rucker, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander Stojanovic, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijay Mital, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tim Getsch, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Robert Miller, Issaquah, WA (US);
Erik Jon Rucker, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander Stojanovic, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for allowing a computer system user to extend the functionality of a data-centric software application. The method includes instantiating the data-centric software application, where the data-centric application has portions of business logic categorized and associated with items of data-centric application functionality defined in a schema. The method includes receiving customization input to customize at least one of the portions of business logic. The method includes formulating a representative model corresponding to at least one of the portions of customized business logic. The method includes applying the representative model to the schema to generate a customized schema that extends the business logic of the data-centric software application. The method includes instantiating the data-centric software application in accordance with the customized schema to customize the functionality of the business logic in the data-centric software application.