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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Ab Initio Technology Llc, Lexington, MA (US);
Gregg Yost, Waltham, MA (US);
Joshua Goldshlag, Arlington, MA (US);
Ab Initio Technology LLC, Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for specifying a compound control. One of the methods includes identifying a first application. The method includes displaying a canvas. The method includes displaying, in the canvas, a first display object associated with the first application. The method includes identifying a second application, the second application being a computer executable program. The method includes displaying, in the user interface, a second display object associated with a second application. The method includes, in response to a user action that associates the second display object with the first display object, configuring the first application to invoke the second application. The method includes creating a third display object that includes the first set of selector objects and the second set of selector objects.