Sharing parts of a document using search framework

US8671078B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Josh C. Zimmerman · Boise, US
• David Gustafson · Boise, US
• Kurt Ziegler · Owen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 11, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 31, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/9538
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments are configured to provide sharing of business logic items. A document may contain business logic items, for example, sets, members, or measures. Some business logic items may be created by a publisher who wants to make the business logic available to other users so that others can access the business logic. Embodiments provide for using an integrated server platform search component to automatically retrieve business logic items which exist in one or more documents stored in a document library. This may allow for a publisher to provide business logic to other users without having to rely on the other users to retrieve the business logic from a specific document, and without requiring the other users to know of the existence of the business logic. Restrictions may be placed so that a publisher can control what specific pieces of business logic may be made available.