Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Presentation processing of document – Spreadsheet
Reexamination Certificate
2002-07-26
2008-08-19
Hutton, Doug (Department: 2176)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Presentation processing of document
Spreadsheet
C715S217000, C715S219000, C715S220000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07415664
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a method, system and program for exporting-importing the content of input cells from a source scalable template instance in a source multi-dimensional spreadsheet to a destination scalable template instance in a destination multi-dimensional spreadsheet; a multi-dimensional spreadsheet comprising a plurality of cells identified by a cell address along each dimension; a scalable template instance comprising a variable number of contiguous elements of same size ordered and aligned along a given spreadsheet dimension and structured according to information defined in an associated scalable template; an element being defined as a range of cells; a range of cells comprising one or a plurality of cells; said scalable template comprising an element profile; an element profile defining a cell content and a cell destination for each cell within each element; said cell destination specifying whether the cell is an input cell for receiving an entry or an output cell for producing a result. The method comprises the steps of: detecting a command for exporting-importing input cells from a source scalable template instance in a source spreadsheet to a destination scalable template instance in a destination spreadsheet; identifying the source scalable template associated with the source scalable template instance; identifying cells, if there are any, defined as input cells in the element profile of the source scalable template; identifying the destination scalable template associated with the destination scalable template instance; Identifying cells, if there are any, defined as input cells in the element profile of the destination scalable template; copying cell per cell, the content of each input cell of the source scalable36template instance in each input cell of the destination scalable template instance.
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Aureglia Jean-Jacques
Bauchot Frederic
Blackwell James H
Dillon & Yudell LLP
Hutton Doug
International Business Machines - Corporation
Steinberg William H.
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