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(12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT)

(19) World Intellectual Property
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(10) International Publication Number
WO 2020/210016 A1(43) International Publication Date
15 October 2020 (15.10.2020)

(51) International Patent Classification:
G06F 16/904 (2019.01) G06F 16/26 (2019.01)

(21) International Application Number:
PCT/US2020/0243 12

(22) International Filing Date:
23 March 2020 (23.03.2020)

(25) Filing Language: English

(26) Publication Language: English

(30) Priority Data:
16/383,328 12 April 2019 (12.04.2019) US

(71) Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC [US/US]; One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 (US).

(72) Inventors: SMITH, Matthew James; MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, One Microsoft

Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 (US). THARMANANTHAR, Giridharen; MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 (US). WARREN, Frederick James Robert; MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 (US).

(74) Agent: MINHAS, Sandip S. et al.; MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 (US).

(81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ,

(54) Title: CREATING AND NAVIGATING LINKED INFORMATION

Figure 5 shows two diagrams. The left diagram is a filter interface with fields for SKU, Stage, Supplier, and Date Range. The right diagram is a data graph showing nodes and edges representing processes like Receive, Process, Assemble, Export, Manufacture, and Package, connected by arrows.

Figure 5 illustrates a system interface (left) and a corresponding data graph (right), labeled generally as 500.

The left panel shows filtering controls: 505 Filter By SKU (set to 2170076), 510 Stage (set to All), 515 Supplier (set to All), and 520 Date Range (set from 01/05/2018 to 23/06/2018).

The right panel displays a data graph showing a process flow. Nodes are identified by numbers (e.g., 3475639, 4576875, 96678987, 0715246, 870629, 0587679, 138888, 2000064, 2176976). Edges are labeled with process steps: Receive, Process, Assemble, Export, Manufacture, and Package. The graph shows parallel paths starting with Receive and proceeding through Process and Assemble. Subsequent steps (Export, Manufacture, Package) show convergence towards the final node 2176976.

Figure 5 shows two diagrams. The left diagram is a filter interface with fields for SKU, Stage, Supplier, and Date Range. The right diagram is a data graph showing nodes and edges representing processes like Receive, Process, Assemble, Export, Manufacture, and Package, connected by arrows.

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(57) Abstract: Systems and methods for creating a data graph. One system includes a plurality of data sources and an electronic computing device. The electronic computing device includes an electronic processor configured to generate a data graph for an entity by accessing a plurality of data records stored in a first set of the plurality of data sources. The data graph includes a plurality of connected nodes each including at least one feature representing a dimension of the data graph. The electronic processor is configured to infer an additional dimension for the data graph based on data included in the data graph, and, in response to confirming addition of the additional dimension to the data graph, add data to the data graph associated with the additional dimension by accessing data stored in a second set of the plurality of data sources.

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