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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2009
Suhail Dutta, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrew J. Byrne, Redmond, WA (US);
Suhail Dutta, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrew J. Byrne, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A diagram having initial visual design elements can be displayed on a computer display. For example, the diagram may be a computer software architectural diagram. Changes can be made to the diagram to produce modified visual design elements. The changes can be tracked as they are made, to produce change tracking information. The change tracking information can be processed to automatically highlight at least a portion of the modified visual design elements in a display of the diagram. Processing the change tracking information can include filtering the change tracking information to provide different highlighting treatment to some of the modified visual design elements corresponding to information that is filtered out.