ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,478, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Extending user interface functionality across processes using declarative definition, data binding, and data synchronization" was invented by Matteo Prosperi (Seattle), Andrew William Sarratori (Merrimack, N.H.) and Andrew Layne Arnott (Longmont, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described herein that are capable of extending user interface functionality across processes using declarative definition, data binding, and data synchronization. A declarative definition is received at a target process in which a computer program ru...