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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Alan J. Gasperini, Kirkland, WA (US);
James S. Nakashima, Kirkland, WA (US);
Juraj Hlavac, Seattle, WA (US);
Gary K. Linscott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Charles P. Jazdzewski, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey W. Kelly, Redmond, WA (US);
Unnikrishnan Ravindranathan, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian K. Pepin, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A. Boulter, Issaquah, WA (US);
Alan J. Gasperini, Kirkland, WA (US);
James S. Nakashima, Kirkland, WA (US);
Juraj Hlavac, Seattle, WA (US);
Gary K. Linscott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Charles P. Jazdzewski, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey W. Kelly, Redmond, WA (US);
Unnikrishnan Ravindranathan, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian K. Pepin, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A. Boulter, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides technologies for forming an editing interface for editing arbitrary objects. In particular, the present invention provides system and methods for enumerating object properties, selecting a suitable pre-existing object editor and, if no such pre-existing editor is available, constructing an object editor on the fly suitable for editing the properties of the object where the object may include properties and/or collections of objects. Construction of a suitable editor is based on enumeration of object properties and on the serialization of the object using a descriptive language such as extensible markup language ('XML') or the like. Property values specified by a user via the object interface and editors are stored in a descriptive format such as XML and generally specify the initial characteristics of the object.