Patents by Inventor Mairead Therese Droney

Mairead Therese Droney has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Web-based visualization, refresh, and consumption of data-linked diagrams
    Patent number: 8230319
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for refreshing data-linked diagrams on a server computer and viewing and consuming the refreshed diagrams via a Web browser. A drawing program allows equations within a diagram definition to define how external data is utilized to modify the attributes of a diagram element. When the diagram is published to a server computer, the definition is converted to server-legible definition. A published diagram is generated that includes a diagram representation defined by the server-legible definition. Upon a request for the published diagram, the external data is refreshed and the diagram definition is updated. The equations are recalculated to generate new element attributes. The diagram representation is then updated with the new attributes and returned for display by a client Web browser. An interface provides exploration tools and a client API exposes methods for surfacing external data and annotating the diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Phillippe-Joseph Arida, Po-Yan Tsang, William G Morein, Abraham Mathew, Loic Henry-Greard, Raveendrnathan Loganathan, Sung Won Shin, Heidi McAllister, John Wang, Emil Cicos, Mairead Therese Droney
  • WEB-BASED VISUALIZATION, REFRESH, AND CONSUMPTION OF DATA-LINKED DIAGRAMS
    Publication number: 20090199081
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for refreshing data-linked diagrams on a server computer and viewing and consuming the refreshed diagrams via a Web browser. A drawing program allows equations within a diagram definition to define how external data is utilized to modify the attributes of a diagram element. When the diagram is published to a server computer, the definition is converted to server-legible definition. A published diagram is generated that includes a diagram representation defined by the server-legible definition. Upon a request for the published diagram, the external data is refreshed and the diagram definition is updated. The equations are recalculated to generate new element attributes. The diagram representation is then updated with the new attributes and returned for display by a client Web browser. An interface provides exploration tools and a client API exposes methods for surfacing external data and annotating the diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Phillippe-Joseph Arida, Po-Yan Tsang, William G. Morein, Abraham Mathew, Loic Henry-Greard, Raveendrnathan Loganathan, Sung Won Shin, Heidi McAllister, John Wang, Emil Cicos, Mairead Therese Droney