Ability to add non-direct ancestor columns in child spreadsheets
US12260170B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2022 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/282
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Example embodiments facilitate augmenting a client-side worksheet of a spreadsheet with context information retrieved from non-direct ancestor worksheets of the client-side worksheet. A spreadsheet plug-in enables retrieval of the context information from a server system, e.g., cloud-based database, via one or more web services. In a specific embodiment, the context information represents one or more data dimensions, e.g., worksheet columns, retrieved via the server system form one or more remote databases and populated into one or more non-direct ancestor worksheets (e.g., grandparent worksheets, great grandparent worksheets, etc.). Then those data dimensions are displayed in the client-side descendant worksheet. The user can now efficiently edit the worksheet while viewing relevant context information in the worksheet.
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