| 7039874 |
Interface for modifying data fields in a mark-up language environment |
| May-2-2006 |
A method for modifying a data field is described, illustrated and claimed. The novel system and method allows for quick and efficient modification of all or a portion of a plurality of data fields, while... |
| 7017112 |
Importing and exporting markup language data in a spreadsheet application document |
| Mar-21-2006 |
Methods and systems are provided for importing and exporting markup language formatted data into a spreadsheet document. XML data is associated with a schema file defining data types and data type definitions... |
| 7010779 |
Parser, code generator, and data calculation and transformation engine for spreadsheet calculations |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A system including spreadsheet sheets, makes calculations and data transformations, which is available through a programming interface, and conforms to the grammar and syntax of a target software development... |
| 7007229 |
Computer-implemented system and method for web-based data access |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A computer-implemented method and system for presenting information within a document creation tool. A control is associated with the document creation tool and is used to have a web page invoked. The... |
| 7003732 |
Method and system for data-driven display grids |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A method and system of automatically generating information in a grid structure on a display screen. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to displaying and editing microcontroller chip... |
| 7003722 |
Method and system for converting a schema-based hierarchical data structure into a flat data structure |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A method and system are provided for converting a hierarchical data structure into a flat data structure based on a schema. The format of the hierarchical data structure may be XML. A hierarchical data... |
| 7000181 |
Dynamic data display having slide drawer windowing |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A dynamic data display system and associated method of usage. A portion of a data feed is dynamically displayed, such as in spreadsheet format, on a main drawer D0 that overlays a display screen.... |
| 6990632 |
Method and system for inferring a schema from a hierarchical data structure for use in a spreadsheet |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A method and system are provided for inferring a schema from an electronic document containing hierarchical data for use in a spreadsheet application program. The electronic document containing the hierarchical... |
| 6988242 |
Transforming a portion of a database into a custom spreadsheet |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A method and computer system for transforming a portion (e.g., a view) of a database into a custom spreadsheet. The transforming includes determining whether to omit in the custom spreadsheet a column... |
| 6988241 |
Client side, web-based spreadsheet |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A method and system that that allows a designer to create "spreadsheet" web pages, which can then be viewed and used by the designer and/or by other users. The described embodiments of the present invention... |
| 6986099 |
Error correction mechanisms in spreadsheet packages |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A spreadsheet package allows a base formula to be copied to at least one adjacent cell to form a referencing array. The package maintains a list of bound arrays, at least one cell of a bound array being... |
| 6971062 |
Methods for rendering footnotes |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Methods are provided for rendering footnotes to a variety of media. Footnote citations and non footnote data are received and inserted into a unit of media at a beginning location within the unit of media.... |
| 6970749 |
Grouped palette stashing |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques for representing control functions in a user application. A group of control palettes is provided in an application window... |
| 6961898 |
System and method for calculation using vertical parentheses |
| Nov-1-2005 |
Systems and methods for computer-based numerical calculation using a calcsheet are provided. A calcsheet may provide one or more columns for vertical calculation, each column having a plurality of fields... |
| 6944816 |
Automated system for performing kepner tregoe analysis for spread sheet output |
| Sep-13-2005 |
An automated system for performing a Kepner Tregoe analysis provides a graphical user interface having dedicated data entry screens that include i) a first screen for entering criteria to be used in the... |
| 6920609 |
Systems and methods for identifying and extracting data from HTML pages |
| Jul-19-2005 |
Systems and methods for analyzing HTML formatted web pages to automatically identify and extract desired information. A computer algorithm identifies and extracts different pieces of information from different... |
| 6920608 |
Chart view for reusable data markup language |
| Jul-19-2005 |
Methods and systems provide a "chart view" for a markup language referred to as Reusable Data Markup Language ("RDML"). Generally, a chart view comprises the components necessary for automatically manipulating... |
| 6915308 |
Method and apparatus for information mining and filtering |
| Jul-5-2005 |
The present invention combines a data processing structure with a graphical user interface (GUI) to create an information analysis tool wherein multiple functions are combined in a network to extract information... |
| 6915289 |
Using an index to access a subject multi-dimensional database |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A technique for accessing a subject multi-dimensional database stored on a data store connected to the computer. An index is created for the subject multi-dimensional database, wherein the index includes... |
| 6912690 |
Method and system in an electronic spreadsheet for persistently copy-pasting a source range of cells onto one or more destination ranges of cells |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A system and method is disclosed for persistently copying and pasting a source range of cells of a multidimensional spreadsheet onto one or more destination ranges of cells. When the source cells are first... |
| 6910071 |
Surveillance monitoring and automated reporting method for detecting data changes |
| Jun-21-2005 |
A surveillance monitoring and automated reporting method is used for detecting observable changes in data sources over a network, such as the internet, for accessing changing data, such as world wide web... |
| 6907428 |
User interface for a multi-dimensional data store |
| Jun-14-2005 |
The invention provides a means of interacting with a subset of a large amount of related information that assists in providing a user with the overall understanding necessary to execute rapid and knowledgeable... |
| 6898760 |
Reporting status of external references in a spreadsheet without updating |
| May-24-2005 |
The invention, in one embodiment, is a method and system for reporting the status of external references, or links, of a spreadsheet workbook. In an Edit Links dialog box, the user may view a list of links... |
| 6865720 |
Apparatus and method for dividing document including table |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A table in an HTML document is analyzed to generate cell position data indicating a positional relationship between cells and cell vectors representing characteristics of the cells, and a table type is... |
| 6859907 |
Large data set storage and display for electronic spreadsheets applied to machine vision |
| Feb-22-2005 |
An electronic spreadsheet is improved for machine vision applications by incorporating single method objects, and a data display buffer position beneath a variably transparent spreadsheet grid. The data... |
| 6851088 |
Conditional highlighting of given cells in a dynamic HTML table |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A method operative at a server for generating a table having dynamic data. According to the method, a page developer may specify a given table cell in the table for conditional treatment. In response to... |
| 6845488 |
Multi-line editor for compact display |
| Jan-18-2005 |
A method for displaying information, expressed as a sequence of alphanumeric characters, on a screen having a sequence of entry lines. Where a designated entry includes more than one line of characters:... |
| 6829744 |
Document processing apparatus, method, and memory medium |
| Dec-7-2004 |
There is disclosed a document processing apparatus which enhances operability with respect to a character line inputted in the vicinity of a table format. When a designated area extends from the inside... |
| 6829743 |
Method of acquiring environment consideration condition information |
| Dec-7-2004 |
Supplier-specific data of material items are extracted from data of various material items used for the manufacture of a product. Tabular data having a structure that allows various pieces of environment... |
| 6792145 |
Pattern recognition process for text document interpretation |
| Sep-14-2004 |
The present invention is directed to a method for extracting textual as well as tabular data material from financial documents. Initially, a comparison is made to determine the type of data schedule material... |
| 6782403 |
Inter-application data transmitting system and method |
| Aug-24-2004 |
An inter-application data transmitting system having an application intermediary unit which mediates data to be transmitted between a network and one of multiple business applications for exchanging the... |
| 6779151 |
Storing objects in a spreadsheet |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A spreadsheet application provides a rich programming and modeling environment. The spreadsheet application of the present invention does this by recognizing a new "object" data type in addition to the... |
| 6778834 |
Push content filtering |
| Aug-17-2004 |
The user of a mobile terminal enters keywords indicative of categories of messages he wishes to peruse. When the mobile terminal receives a message, keywords associated with the message are compared with... |
| 6763498 |
Graphical environment for managing and developing applications |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A graphical application developing and managing environment is described capable of representing and editing program modules using multiple display formats, which include embedding source code written... |
| 6742162 |
System and method for calculation using formulas in number fields |
| May-25-2004 |
Systems and methods for computer-based numerical calculation using a calcsheet are provided. A calcsheet may provide one or more columns for vertical calculation, each column having a plurality of fields... |
| 6725422 |
Method and system in an electronic spreadsheet for introducing new elements in a cell named range according to different modes |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A named range defined by a cell address range in a spreadsheet comprises a plurality of cells identified in each dimension by an address, each dimension comprising two directions. An open named range is... |
| 6721713 |
Business alliance identification in a web architecture framework |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for identifying alliances among a plurality of business entities in components of a network framework. First, alliances are identified among a plurality... |
| 6711715 |
Method and system for efficient storage and restoration of display state data |
| Mar-23-2004 |
Storage and restoration of display state data for a display object having a display state that can be altered by display state changes made to other display objects in a hierarchical data structure where... |
| 6701485 |
Binding spreadsheet cells to objects |
| Mar-2-2004 |
Spreadsheet cells are bound to external objects using a direct communication scheme having little processing overhead. A spreadsheet cell is bound to an object external to the spreadsheet, exposing a property... |
| 6694338 |
Virtual aggregate fields |
| Feb-17-2004 |
A method comprising defining one or more aggregate virtual fields for a first document using meta-data associated with the first document is disclosed. |
| 6691281 |
Publishing/republishing data tables in HTML documents while maintaining formatting and functionality for restoring back the data tables |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A spreadsheet program directly publishes a data table or chart into an HTML document. The table or chart is published to a predefined location within the HTML document and a user is enabled to readily... |
| 6690399 |
Data display software for displaying assay results |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A method and apparatus for displaying data presents results from a single assay across multiple wells and plates on a single screen in a format that preserves the spatial relationship between the wells... |
| 6687875 |
Table editing apparatus |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A table editing apparatus spares users wasteful editing work in determining relative positional relations between cell boundaries of a table. The apparatus includes a cell boundary movement designating... |
| 6675351 |
Table layout for a small footprint device |
| Jan-6-2004 |
An efficient method is described for laying out a table for display. The method may be used to display tables on a small footprint device, such as a smart cellular phone, a personal data assistant, a handheld... |
| 6654039 |
Method, system and program for scrolling index scans |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A method, system and program for accessing records in a database object, such as an index or table. A cursor is maintained that points to a start entry in the database object. The database object has rows... |
| 6651216 |
Efficiently navigating a workbook linked to a database |
| Nov-18-2003 |
A way to navigate efficiently among worksheets in a workbook linked to a database that involves double-clicking on a cell in a page showing totals and having the detail page associated with cell be displayed. |
| 6640234 |
Extension of formulas and formatting in an electronic spreadsheet |
| Oct-28-2003 |
Methods for automatically, without user instruction, extending a format and/or a formula to include a cell in an electronic spreadsheet. A previously blank newly edited cell may be determined to be an... |
| 6631497 |
Binding data from data source to cells in a spreadsheet |
| Oct-7-2003 |
A method including importing data objects from different data sources to define a data source model, associating each data object with one or more cells in a spreadsheet, and binding data from the data... |
| 6631380 |
Counting and displaying occurrences of data records |
| Oct-7-2003 |
Occurrences of data records in a non-relational database are counted by first selecting rows of data records. A counter field is created and appended to the selected rows. The counter field is weighted... |
| 6626959 |
Automatic formatting of pivot table reports within a spreadsheet |
| Sep-30-2003 |
Automatically formatting a spreadsheet pivot table using one of a plurality of predefined formats that include banded report formats and tabular report formats. The pivot table is reformatted automatically,... |
