Nagender P Vedula

US Patent:

7159185, Jan 2, 2007

Filed:

Sep 14, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/662399

Inventors:

Nagender P. Vedula - Bothell WA, US
Dharma K. Shukla - Bellevue WA, US
Aditya G. Bhandarkar - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715763, 715513, 715810, 715853, 717109

Abstract:

Methods and tools are provided for graphically creating a mapping between a source object and a target object. The invention includes function objects or functoids, which may be graphically linked between a source object and a target object in a graphical user interface of a mapping tool. The function objects include a script component adapted to perform a function, a graphical component allowing a user to use the function object in creating a mapping in a mapping tool graphical user interface, and an interface component providing access to the script and graphical components. The invention further comprises methodologies and tools for creating such a mapping using one or more of the function objects, as well as a method and tool for creating function objects.

US Patent:

7636894, Dec 22, 2009

Filed:

Aug 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/920499

Inventors:

Nagender P Vedula - Bothell WA, US
Aditya G Bhandarkar - Bellevue WA, US
Dharma K Shukla - Bellevue WA, US
William R Taylor - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 9/44
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715763, 715805, 715853, 717109, 717113, 717125, 707100

Abstract:

A graphical user interface and method for creating a mapping between a source object and a destination or target object are provided. The user interface includes a source screen region which displays a graphical representation of a source object, a target screen region which displays a graphical representation of a target object, and a mapping screen region which allows a user to create a mapping between the graphical representation of the source object and the graphical representation of the target object using graphical mapping indicia. The methodology includes displaying a graphical representation of a source object in a source screen region, displaying a graphical representation of a target object in a target screen region, creating a mapping between the graphical representation of the source object and the graphical representation of the target object in a mapping screen region using graphical mapping indicia, and displaying the mapping in the mapping screen region. The source and target objects may be schemas, spreadsheets, documents, databases, or other information sources, and the graphical mapping indicia may include link indicia and/or function objects linking nodes in the target object with nodes in the source object. The mapping may be compiled into code used by a runtime engine to translate source documents into target documents.

US Patent:

7676756, Mar 9, 2010

Filed:

Aug 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/920867

Inventors:

Nagender P Vedula - Bothell WA, US
Aditya G Bhandarkar - Bellevue WA, US
Dharma K Shukla - Bellevue WA, US
William R Taylor - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 9/44
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715763, 715805, 715853, 717109, 717113, 717125, 707100

Abstract:

A graphical user interface and method for creating a mapping between a source object and a destination or target object are provided. The user interface includes a source screen region which displays a graphical representation of a source object, a target screen region which displays a graphical representation of a target object, and a mapping screen region which allows a user to create a mapping between the graphical representation of the source object and the graphical representation of the target object using graphical mapping indicia. The methodology includes displaying a graphical representation of a source object in a source screen region, displaying a graphical representation of a target object in a target screen region, creating a mapping between the graphical representation of the source object and the graphical representation of the target object in a mapping screen region using graphical mapping indicia, and displaying the mapping in the mapping screen region. The source and target objects may be schemas, spreadsheets, documents, databases, or other information sources, and the graphical mapping indicia may include link indicia and/or function objects linking nodes in the target object with nodes in the source object. The mapping may be compiled into code used by a runtime engine to translate source documents into target documents.

US Patent:

7797403, Sep 14, 2010

Filed:

Jul 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/193891

Inventors:

Nagender Vedula - Bothell WA, US
Anand C. Ramanathan - Bellevue WA, US
Valentino C. Baltazar - Kent WA, US
Dharma Shukla - Sammamish WA, US
Muralidhara Varma Chiluvuri - Sammamish WA, US
Mario Pipkin - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/177
G06F 15/16
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

709220, 709201, 717168

Abstract:

A system and methods providing the automated configuration management and configuration information communication/deployment for a business process server computing application operating in a distributed computing environment is provided. In an illustrative implementation, a configuration management and configuration information communication/deployment tool operating in a distributed computing environment allows cooperating parties cooperating to operate a business process server computing application to more easily and efficiently update the configuration information of one or components of the business process server computing application responsive to changes in business practice changes between the cooperating parties. In the contemplated implementation, packages are requested by the cooperating parties using the configuration tool. The packages contain information indicative of desired business practice changes and the information required to reconfigure the business application to accommodate such changes.

US Patent:

6823495, Nov 23, 2004

Filed:

Sep 14, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/662396

Inventors:

Nagender P. Vedula - Bothell WA
Aditya G. Bhandarkar - Bellevue WA
Dharma K. Shukla - Bellevue WA
William R. Taylor - Kirkland WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

715805, 715853, 715810, 715763, 717109, 717125, 719329

Abstract:

A graphical user interface and method for creating a mapping between a source object and a destination or target object are provided. The user interface includes a source screen region which displays a graphical representation of a source object, a target screen region which displays a graphical representation of a target object, and a mapping screen region which allows a user to create a mapping between the graphical representation of the source object and the graphical representation of the target object using graphical mapping indicia. The methodology includes displaying a graphical representation of a source object in a source screen region, displaying a graphical representation of a target object in a target screen region, creating a mapping between the graphical representation of the source object and the graphical representation of the target object in a mapping screen region using graphical mapping indicia, and displaying the mapping in the mapping screen region. The source and target objects may be schemas, spreadsheets, documents, databases, or other information sources, and the graphical mapping indicia may include link indicia and/or function objects linking nodes in the target object with nodes in the source object. The mapping may be compiled into code used by a runtime engine to translate source documents into target documents.