Data feed having customizable analytic and visual behavior

• US 9,111,238 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2010
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Mital, Vijay, Uritsky, Max, Poozhiyil, Suraj, Khosravy, Moe
• Primary Examiner(s): Hershley, Mark E
• Application Number:
  US12/971,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20120158644A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,705 Days
• Field of Search: 707/602
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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:

receiving a discovery request from a requester, the discovery request specifying a domain of interest;

identifying a plurality of data feeds based on the discovery request, the plurality of data feeds being associated with a plurality of expressions satisfying the discovery request, wherein each of the identified data feed offers a preview application represented by a customizable sample visualization;

providing the identified data feeds to the requester;

receiving, from the requester, a selection of a data feed of interest, the selected data feed being one of the identified data feeds, wherein access to domain-specific data associated with each of the identified data feed is conditioned upon purchase of access and access to domain-specific sample data associated with each of the identified data feed is not conditioned upon purchase of access;

responsive to the selection of the data feed, retrieving the domain-specific sample data and one or more expressions associated with the selected data feed;

preparing a preview application by evaluating the one or more expressions using the retrieved domain-specific sample data; and

transmitting to the requester the preview application associated with the selected data feed, the preview application providing domain-specific business logic and one or more domain-specific user interfaces in conjunction with the domain-specific sample data representative of the selected data feed, wherein a different preview application is prepared and transmitted based on selection of a different 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 the one or more expressions, the one or more expressions, on evaluation at a requestor device, 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 the one of more expressions of the identified data feed and supports transfer of at least one of the one or more 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. An article of manufacture comprising one or more computer-readable storage media storing computer executable instructions for executing on a computer system a computer process, the computer process comprising:

receiving a discovery request from a requester, the discovery request specifying a domain of interest;

identifying a plurality of data feeds based on the discovery request, the plurality of data feeds being associated with expressions satisfying the discovery request;

providing the identified data feeds to the requester,

receiving, from the requester, a selection of a data feed of interest, the selected data feed being one of the identified data feeds, wherein access to each of the identified data feed is conditioned upon prior access purchase, the selection of the data feed presenting a preview application to preview domain-specific sample data associated with the selected data feed; and

downloading to the requester the preview application associated with the selected data feed in response to receiving a selection of the preview application, the preview application providing domain-specific business logic, one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and the domain-specific sample data representative of the selected data feed, wherein the preview application in combination with local data associated with the requestor provides an interactive preview of the domain-specific sample data before purchasing access to the domain-specific data which is conditioned upon prior access purchase.

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, wherein the customized domain specific application is received from the requester and the customized domain specific application is made available to other requesters in future, wherein the customized domain specific application is yielded by capturing new expressions and new data from the requester, binding the new expressions and the new data with existing expressions and data of the preview application, and evaluating the bounded expressions.

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:

one or more processors coupled to one or more memories;

a discovery manager identifying a data feed from a plurality of data feeds satisfying a discovery request from a requester, the identified data feed being one of the plurality of data feeds and associated with expressions defining behaviour of the identified data feed, wherein access to the identified data is conditioned upon prior access purchase, the discovery request specifying a domain of interest; and

a data feed behaviour manager receiving domain-specific sample data, domain specific business logic and one or more domain-specific user interfaces associated with only the identified data feed, preparing a preview application based on the receiving, and transmitting to the requester the preview application in response to receiving a selection of the identified data feed from the requester, the preview application being represented by the domain specific business logic, the one or more domain-specific user interfaces, and the domain-specific sample data as a representative of the identified data feed, the preview application providing interactive preview of the domain-specific sample data by interacting with the domain specific business logic and the domain-specific sample data before purchasing access to 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, wherein the one or more expressions are bound with the domain-specific sample data when the preview application is prepared.

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.