Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2004-09-30
2008-08-19
Breene, John (Department: 2162)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C715S212000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07415481
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a new type of structured name within a spreadsheet program that allows users to refer to tables, columns of data within tables, headers of tables, totals from tables, PivotTables®, and portions of PivotTable® data by the data's headers. Embodiments of the present invention comprise a method for referring to a set of data that comprises receiving one or more semantic designations, wherein the one or more semantic designations name a set of context information that describes one or more items of data in a data structure, automatically creating a structural reference, and associating the context information with the structural reference. Other embodiments of the present invention relate to an interaction with a user interface for displaying on a display device a structural reference to data in a spreadsheet that comprises receiving one or more semantic designations from the user that refer to one or more elements of the data structure, creating a structural reference to the elements of the data structure, and displaying the structural reference as a collection of the one or more semantic designations.
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Androski Matthew J.
Becker Andrew J.
Chirilov Joseph M.
Collie Robert C.
Ellis Charles D.
Breene John
Bullock Joshua
Merchant & Gould P.C.
Microsoft Corporation
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