Contextually intelligent code editing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9239708-B2
Application number	US-97983910-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2010
Priority date	Dec 28, 2010
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

This document describes techniques for contextually intelligent code editing. In at least some embodiments, the techniques are network-based and can use client-server interactions to develop programming code. For example, input to a local programming environment of a client can be transmitted to a server. A functionality at the server can inspect the input and determine programming options (e.g., programming terms and/or phrases) that are contextually valid in the local programming environment. A list of the programming options can then be transmitted to the client and presented via a user interface. In some embodiments, a selection of one of the programming options can cause the programming option to be populated to the local programming environment, e.g., as part of a user interface associated with the local programming environment. In at least some embodiments, the list of programming options can be cached locally on the client for quick retrieval.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer readable media storing computer executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
transmitting to a remote resource a first code editing input that is input to a local code editing environment, the remote resource being a web server;
receiving from the remote resource and based on the first co…

Assignees

• Tillmann Nikolai
• De Halleux Jonathan P
• Venter Barend H
• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Tillmann Nikolai
• De Halleux Jonathan P
• Venter Barend H

Classifications

• G06F8/33 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic