DATA FEED HAVING CUSTOMIZABLE ANALYTIC AND VISUAL BEHAVIOR

• US 20120158644A1
• Filed: 12/17/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Mital, Vijay, Uritsky, Max, Poozhiyil, Suraj, Khosravy, Moe
• Granted Patent: US 9,111,238 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/602
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/283 Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A data marketplace infrastructure allows a data source company or a third party to associate to a data feed with a customizable preview application having analytic and visual features (e.g., business logic and a user interface). A potential customer can use discovery services of the data marketplace infrastructure to identify one or more data feeds offering sample data in a domain of interest of the potential customer. The data feed can transmit the customizable preview application to allow the potential customer to interact with the data from the data feed before purchasing the data. The potential customer may also customize the preview application so as to change the default application behavior in a manner that improves the potential customer'"'"'s understanding and appreciation of the data feed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a data feed from a plurality of data feeds, the identified data feed being associated with expressions satisfying a discovery request received from a requester, the discovery request specifying a domain of interest; and

transmitting to the requester a preview application associated with the identified discovery request, the preview application providing domain-specific business logic, one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and domain-specific data from the identified data feed.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the domain of interest is represented by one or more search terms and the identifying operation comprises:

searching for the search terms in an index of terms included in expressions associated with the data feeds to identify the data feed.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the preview application includes one or more expressions defining a control element, the control element providing requester access to modify the domain-specific business logic, the one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and the domain-specific data to yield a customized domain-specific application.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the preview application includes one or more expressions defining a control element, the control element providing requester access to save one or more modifications to at least one of the domain-specific business logic, the one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and the domain-specific data in a customized domain-specific application.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting operation is performed by a data source and the preview application includes one or more expressions defining a control element, the control element providing requester access to return a customized domain-specific application for storage by the data source, wherein the customized domain specific application is a modified version of the preview application.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the preview application specifies one of more of the expressions of the identified data feed and supports transfer of at least one of the expressions to another application by the requester.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the transfer of at least one of the expressions to another application is accomplished by a textual cut or copy and paste operation.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the transfer of at least one of the expressions to another application is accomplished by a drag and drop operation.

9. One or more computer-readable storage media encoding computer-executable instructions for executing on a computer system a computer process the computer process comprising:

identifying a data feed from a plurality of data feeds, the identified data feed being associated with expressions satisfying a discovery request received from a requester, the discovery request specifying a domain of interest; and

transmitting to the requester a preview application associated with the identified discovery request, the preview application providing domain-specific business logic, one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and domain-specific data from the identified data feed.

10. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 9 wherein the domain of interest is represented by one or more search terms and the identifying operation comprises:

searching for the search terms in an index of terms included in expressions associated with the data feeds to identify the data feed.

11. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 9 wherein the preview application includes one or more expressions defining a control element, the control element providing requester access to modify the domain-specific business logic, the one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and the domain-specific data to yield a customized domain-specific application.

12. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 9 wherein the preview application includes one or more expressions defining a control element, the control element providing requester access to save one or more modifications to at least one of the domain-specific business logic, the one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and the domain-specific data in a customized domain-specific application.

13. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 9 wherein the transmitting operation is performed by a data source and the preview application includes one or more expressions defining a control element, the control element providing requester access to return a customized domain-specific application for storage by the data source, wherein the customized domain specific application is a modified version of the preview application.

14. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 9 wherein the preview application specifies one of more of the expressions of the identified data feed and supports transfer of at least one of the expressions to another application by the requester.

15. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 14 wherein the transfer of at least one of the expressions to another application is accomplished by a textual cut or copy and paste operation.

16. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 14 wherein the transfer of at least one of the expressions to another application is accomplished by a drag and drop operation.

17. A system comprising:

a discovery manager identifying a data feed from a plurality of data feeds, the identified data feed being associated with expressions satisfying a discovery request received from a requester, the discovery request specifying a domain of interest; and

a data feed behavior manager transmitting to the requester a preview application associated with the identified discovery request, the preview application providing domain-specific business logic, one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and domain-specific data from the identified data feed.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the domain of interest is represented by one or more search terms and the discovery manager searches for the search terms in an index of terms included in expressions associated with the data feeds to identify the data feed.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the preview application includes one or more expressions defining a control element, the control element providing requester access to modify the domain-specific business logic, the one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and the domain-specific data to yield a customized domain-specific application.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein the preview application specifies one of more of the expressions of the identified data feed and supports transfer of at least one of the expressions to another application by the requester.