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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Adam Kalai, Cambridge, MA (US);
Butler Lampson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sumit Gulwani, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aditya Krishna Menon, San Diego, CA (US);
Omer Tamuz, Jerusalem, IL;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method and system for generating a program. The method includes detecting a number of steps for performing a task on a computing device and detecting an example relating to each of the steps, wherein the example includes input data and corresponding output data relating to the step. The method also includes, for each example, determining a rule that transforms the input data to the corresponding output data based on cues including textual features within the input data and the corresponding output data. The method further includes generating a program for performing the task based on the rules.