PROVIDING ARTIFACT LIFESPAN AND RELATIONSHIP REPRESENTATION

Patent №

US 7,971,179

Granted

2011-06-28

Filed 2006

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

AI components

1

kr

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11439561

A system and method for providing artifact lifespan and relationship representation is disclosed. A timeline portion of a lifespan of at least two artifacts is provided. In addition, a relationship representation portion between the at least two artifacts is also provided. The timeline portion of the lifespan of the at least two artifacts and the relationship representation portion between the at least two artifacts is then combined at a ligature. A browser is then provided for displaying the ligature, wherein the browser is capable of adding, removing or editing the timeline portion and the representation portion of the ligature.

AI classification

Knowledge representation0.98
Natural language0.03
Vision0.02
AI hardware0.01
Planning0.00
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 179560599

Assignors

VENOLIA, GINA D.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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