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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Vijay Mital, Kirkland, WA (US);
Darryl Ellis Rubin, Duvall, WA (US);
Suraj T. Poozhiyil, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Anderson, Sammamish, WA (US);
Olivier Colle, Bellevue, WA (US);
John A. Payne, Seattle, WA (US);
David G. Green, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeremy William John Newton-smith, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Vijay Mital, Kirkland, WA (US);
Darryl Ellis Rubin, Duvall, WA (US);
Suraj T. Poozhiyil, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Anderson, Sammamish, WA (US);
Olivier Colle, Bellevue, WA (US);
John A. Payne, Seattle, WA (US);
David G. Green, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeremy William John Newton-Smith, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A graphical manipulation tool to create and/or make modifications to a graphical object suitable for visually representing data. The graphical manipulation tool analyzes the graphical object to determine parameters of visual characteristics of the graphical object that can be used to visually represent data. A computing system, through the graphical manipulation tool, may generate metadata that defines a capacity for visual characteristics to represent data. In some cases, a preview is displayed on a user interface indicating to a user how the metadata, if incorporated with the graphical object, may result in the visual characteristics of the graphical object being used to visually represent data. If incorporating the metadata with the graphical object is desirable, the user may provide to include the additional metadata with the graphical object.