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US 9,753,788 B2Granted
Extensibility of engines in computing systems
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsHuma Agarwal, Prateek Rajvanshi, Niraj Yadav, Kartheek Reddy Naini, Anshuman Ansu
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Abstract
An extensibility system exposes an application programming interface (API) that can be used to call external engines. A given engine is identified, and triggers for calling the identified engine are monitored. When a trigger occurs, the identified engine is called through the API.
Claims15
A computing system, comprising:
- an application component configured to run an application that operates on a record having a first record type and that uses externally generated information on the record;
- an engine trigger detecting component configured to detect an external engine trigger in the application indicative of conversion of the record from the first record type to a second record type;
- an extensible engine system configured to:
- expose an application programming interface (API) that, in response to the detected external engine trigger in the application, calls a given external engine, from a plurality of external engines, with a record identifier identifying the record;
- receive, from the given external engine through the API, the externally generated information based on the call with the record identifier;
- and
- provide the externally generated information to the application component the record;
- and
- a user interface component configured to generate a representation of a user interface display that includes the externally generated information on the record.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- running an application that operates on a record having a first record type and that uses externally generated information on the record;
- detecting an external engine trigger in the application indicative of conversion of the record from the first record type to a second record type;
- exposing, by an extensible engine system, an application programming interface (API);
- calling, using the API in response to the detected external engine trigger in the application, a given external engine, from a plurality of external engines, with a record identifier identifying the record;
- receiving, from the given external engine through the API, the externally generated information based on the call with the record identifier;
- providing the externally generated information to the application component for the record;
- and
- generating a representation of a user interface display that includes the externally generated information on the record.
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A computing system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the computing system to:
- run an application that operates on a record having a first record type and that uses externally generated information on the record;
- detect an external engine trigger in the application indicative of conversion of the record from the first record type to a second record type;
- expose an application programming interface (API);
- call, using the API in response to the detected external engine trigger in the application, a given external engine, from a plurality of external engines, with a record identifier identifying the record;
- receive, from the given external engine through the API, the externally generated information based on the call with the record identifier;
- provide the externally generated information to the application component for the record;
- and
- generate a representation of a user interface that includes the externally generated information on the record.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.