Patent №
US 7,908,549
Granted
2011-03-15
Filed 2005
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
4
nlp · kr · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11298380
A workflow includes an activity that takes advantage of spreadsheet calculations. For a spreadsheet activity, calculation and extraction of values from a spreadsheet is performed. Thus, spreadsheet calculations are integrated into workflows without user intervention. Values from previous activities in the workflow may be obtained and provided to the spreadsheet (e.g., cell values are set, modified, or adjusted). The spreadsheet may then be recalculated using these obtained values. Moreover, values from the spreadsheet may be used in subsequent parts of the workflow. Also, any number of spreadsheet activities may be incorporated into a workflow, and one spreadsheet activity may provide values to a second spreadsheet activity in the workflow.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 172530660
Assignors
KHEN, DAN Y., BATTAGIN, DAN, MEGIDDO, ERAN, ASNASH, LIVIU, BISHEL, SCOTT WALTER
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.