System and method for automatically completing spreadsheet...

Details System and method for automatically completing spreadsheet... System and method for automatically completing spreadsheet...

2004-12-15

2008-11-11

Desai, Rachna S (Department: 2176)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Presentation processing of document

Edit, composition, or storage control

C715S212000, C715S217000, C715S218000, C715S219000, C715S220000, C715S255000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07451397

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for automatically completing a formula of a spreadsheet application, calculator application, accounting application, business application or banking application. One aspect of the present invention is a computer-implemented method for automatically completing formulaic cell data. The computer-implemented method includes a step for substantiating an autocomplete process in response to a user input of formulaic cell data and aggregating autocomplete options based on the user input. Another aspect of the present invention includes displaying a dynamic list of autocomplete options when the user input is a trigger.

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