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Method and system to associate cell and item metadata

US7693860B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 2005
Grant dateApr 6, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/169
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to new and improved embodiments of methods and systems for capturing and providing arbitrarily rich data to be stored or manipulated within a spreadsheet. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for creating spreadsheet metadata comprises receiving an item in a spreadsheet, receiving item metadata about the item, and associating the item metadata with the item to create spreadsheet metadata.

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