US 7,743,079 B1Granted

Managing data across a semantic data view and a presentation data view

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorsCrystal L. Hoyer, Cynthia C. Shelly, Dawn M. Wright, Karen K. Wong, Matthew J. Kotler

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Abstract

Managing data across a semantic data view and a presentation data view may be provided. A semantic model may be represented in a semantic data view and a presentation model may be represented in a presentation data view. The presentation model may correspond to a graphical representation of the semantic model. In addition, a command may be received directed toward the semantic data view or the presentation data view. The semantic model and the presentation model may be operated upon according to the received command. Furthermore, the semantic model represented in the semantic data view and the presentation model represented in the presentation data view may be updated in response to operating on the semantic model and the presentation model according to the received command. The semantic model and the presentation model may be simultaneously maintained in a volatile memory in a computer.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method for managing data across a semantic data view and a presentation data view, the method comprising:

maintaining, by a computer, a semantic model corresponding to the semantic data view;
maintaining a presentation model corresponding to the presentation data view, the presentation model corresponding to a graphical representation of the semantic model;
receiving a command directed toward one of the following:
the semantic data view and the presentation data view;
and
operating on the semantic model and the presentation model according to the received command, wherein operating on the semantic model and the presentation model comprises performing operations on both the presentation data view and the semantic data view in response to receiving the command directed toward one of the presentation data view and the semantic data view, wherein performing operation on both the presentation data view and the semantic data view comprises:
displaying an unfocused representation of at least one node of a plurality of nodes of the semantic data view in response to the received command comprising a selection of at least one shape of a plurality of shapes in the presentation data view, wherein the at least one node of the plurality of nodes of the semantic data view corresponds to the at least one shape of the plurality of shapes in the presentation data view, and
selecting text corresponding to the at least one node of the plurality of nodes in the semantic data view in response to the received command comprising a command to switch focus to the semantic data view from the presentation data view, wherein the text corresponding to the at least one node of the plurality of nodes in the semantic data view is associated with the selected at least one shape of the plurality of shapes in the presentation data view.

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A computer implemented system for managing data across a semantic data view and a presentation data view, the system comprising:

a memory storage;
and
a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
maintain a semantic model corresponding to the semantic data view, the semantic model having at least one node including at least one sub-node;
maintain a presentation model corresponding to the presentation data view, the presentation model corresponding to a graphical representation of the semantic model, the presentation model including at least one shape corresponding to the at least one node, the presentation model configured to select the at least one shape when at least one of the following are selected in the semantic data view:
the at least one node and the at least one sub-node;
operate on the semantic model and the presentation model according to a received command, wherein operating on the semantic model and the presentation model comprises performing operations on both the presentation data view and the semantic data view, wherein performing operation on both the presentation data view and the semantic data view comprises displaying a first unfocused representation of the at least one node in the semantic data view in response to the received command comprising a selection of at least one shape in the presentation data view, wherein the at least one node of the semantic data view corresponds to the at least one shape of the presentation data view;
and
switch between the presentation data view and the semantic data view, wherein in response to a switch between the presentation data view and the semantic data view, the processing unit being further operative to:
display an insertion point at the at least one node of the semantic data view in response to the switch to the semantic data view from the presentation data view, the at least one node of the semantic data view corresponding to the at least one shape of the presentation view and having text associated with the at least one shape, wherein the at least one shape is displayed in the presentation data view in a second unfocused representation.

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A computer-readable storage medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for managing data across a semantic data view and a presentation data view, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

maintaining a semantic model corresponding to the semantic data view, the semantic model having at least one node;
maintaining a presentation model corresponding to the presentation data view, the presentation model corresponding to a graphical representation of the semantic model, the presentation model including at least two shapes corresponding to the at least one node, the presentation model configured to select the at least two shapes when the at least one node is selected in the semantic data view;
operating on the semantic model and the presentation model according to a received command, wherein operating on the semantic model and the presentation model comprises performing operations on both the presentation data view and the semantic data view in response to the received command being directed to one of the presentation data view and the semantic data view, wherein performing operation on both the presentation data view and the semantic data view comprises:
displaying an unfocused representation of the at least one node of the semantic data view in response to the received command comprising a selection of at least one of the at least two shapes in the presentation data view, and
selecting text corresponding to the at least one node of the plurality of nodes in the semantic data view in response to the received command comprising a command to switch focus to the semantic data view from the presentation data view, wherein the text corresponding to the at least one node of the plurality of nodes in the semantic data view is associated with the selected at least one shape of the plurality of shapes in the presentation data view;
and
displaying an insertion point at a default node of the semantic data view in response to a transition shape being selected in the presentation data view, wherein the transition shape does not correspond to the at least one node in the semantic data view.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.