Formula and Function Generation and Use in Electronic Spreadsheets

Patent №

US 9,256,590

Granted

2016-02-09

Filed 2013

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

AI components

2

nlp · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14108782

Spreadsheet formula and function creation and use with electronic computing devices are provided. When a user moves content (e.g., a spreadsheet cell) into a spreadsheet formula/function bar, a cell reference for the content may automatically be created and disposed in the formula/function bar, and if a user enters a math operation in a spreadsheet cell, corresponding operation sentence structure (syntax) may be automatically inserted into the formula/function bar. One or more formulas or functions may be automatically suggested as a user begins entering a formula/function. An always visible formula/function guide may be presented or displayed to provide helpful information on arguments/components of a formula/function, and help resources may be provided in a help resources interface with respect to application functionality and spreadsheet formulas/functions.

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AI classification

AI hardware1.00
Natural language0.94
Evolutionary computation0.00
Vision0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 317990192

Assignors

OTERO, CARLOS AUGUSTO, CAMPBELL, JOHN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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