Patent ID: 7275221
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-storage media having computer executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of conveying a representation of one or more programmatic hierarchal structures “hierarchal structures,” the method comprising: identifying a first dataset corresponding to a first hierarchal structure; identifying a second dataset corresponding to a second hierarchal structure; providing a first referential link between said first and second sets of data, wherein said first referential link indicates a target hosted node; providing a second referential link between said first and second sets of data, wherein said second referential link indicates a source hosting node; whereby said first hierarchal structure and said second hierarchal structure appear as a single hierarchal structure to a software application; wherein said first and second datasets describe a collection of user-interface components; and wherein providing said first and second referential links includes creating a consolidating component that logically envelopes said first and second datasets such that said first and second datasets can be accessed as though the two datasets were combined into one dataset.