Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – On-screen workspace or object
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-15
2011-10-25
Bautista, Xiomar L (Department: 2171)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Operator interface
On-screen workspace or object
C715S763000, C715S835000, C717S109000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08046716
ABSTRACT:
Technologies are described herein for creating, displaying, and editing a sub-process within a process diagram. A diagramming application provides for the grouping of existing process operations of a process diagram into a sub-process. The sub-process is displayed within the process diagram as a container that may be expanded and collapsed in-place within the diagram to display or hide the corresponding sub-process operations without leaving the context of the process diagram. Similarly, a single process operation within a process diagram may be selected for the creation of an associated sub-process. An expanded container including the newly created sub-process operations and a collapsed container representing the sub-process operations replace the single process operation and are concurrently hidden and displayed according to a user selection of a collapse or expand control.
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Bautista Xiomar L
Hope Baldauff Hartman LLC
Microsoft Corporation
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