公开(公告)号：US07533340B2

公开(公告)日：2009-05-12

申请号：US10962361

申请日：2004-10-08

申请人： Margaret G. Hudson ,  Tuan Huynh ,  Kent R. Lowry ,  Justin M. Maguire, III ,  Eric W. Patterson ,  Marcella Rader ,  Mariya Tikunova

发明人： Margaret G. Hudson ,  Tuan Huynh ,  Kent R. Lowry ,  Justin M. Maguire, III ,  Eric W. Patterson ,  Marcella Rader ,  Mariya Tikunova

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F17/246 ,  G06F9/453

摘要： An interactive tooltip provides access to help information and enhanced editing capabilities. The interactive tooltip may be useful for a user editing a function within a spreadsheet formula. The present invention may integrate HTML-like interactivity with a conventional tooltip to provide a new interface for working with the associated data. The interactivity of the tooltip may provide additional levels of help or documentation when requested and may provides additional editing navigation functionality within the associated data. Embodiments of the present invention may provide a tooltip in close proximity to the associated data, while the associated data is being edited. In the case of a spreadsheet, a tooltip may be provided when the user begins editing a function within a spreadsheet cell. The help facility may recognize that the user has begun entering a function.

摘要翻译： 交互式工具提示可以访问帮助信息和增强的编辑功能。 交互式工具提示可能对用户编辑电子表格公式中的函数很有用。 本发明可以将HTML类交互性与常规工具提示集成，以提供用于处理相关数据的新界面。 工具提示的交互性可以在请求时提供额外的帮助或文档级别，并可能在相关数据中提供附加的编辑导航功能。 本发明的实施例可以提供紧密相关联的数据的工具提示，同时正在对相关联的数据进行编辑。 在电子表格的情况下，当用户开始编辑电子表格单元格内的功能时，可以提供工具提示。 帮助设施可以识别用户已经开始输入功能。

公开(公告)号：US06828988B2

公开(公告)日：2004-12-07

申请号：US09794691

申请日：2001-02-27

申请人： Margaret G. Hudson ,  Tuan Huynh ,  Kent R Lowry ,  Justin M. Maguire, III ,  Eric W. Patterson ,  Marcella Rader ,  Mariya Tikunova

发明人： Margaret G. Hudson ,  Tuan Huynh ,  Kent R Lowry ,  Justin M. Maguire, III ,  Eric W. Patterson ,  Marcella Rader ,  Mariya Tikunova

IPC分类号： G06F314

CPC分类号： G06F17/246 ,  G06F9/453

摘要： An interactive tooltip provides access to help information and enhanced editing capabilities. The interactive tooltip is especially useful for a user editing a function within a spreadsheet formula. The present invention integrates HTML-like interactivity with a conventional tooltip to provide a new interface for working with the associated data. The interactivity of the tooltip provides additional levels of help or documentation when requested and provides additional editing navigation functionality within the associated data. The present invention provides a tooltip in close proximity to the associated data, while the associated data is being edited. In the case of a spreadsheet, a tooltip will be provided when the user begins editing a function within a spreadsheet cell. The help facility of the present invention recognizes that the user has begun entering a function, when the user has entered an equals sign (identifying a formula), a known function name, and a parenthesis (indicating the beginning of an argument set). The help facility then references a function database and determines the required argument set. The help facility renders the function name and argument set in an HTML-like text, and provides an alternate method for selecting any argument. Finally, the help facility displays the HTML-like text to the user next to the point at which the user is editing the spreadsheet function.

摘要翻译： 交互式工具提示可以访问帮助信息和增强的编辑功能。 交互式工具提示对于用户在电子表格公式中编辑函数特别有用。 本发明将HTML类交互性与常规工具提示集成，以提供用于处理相关数据的新界面。 工具提示的交互性在请求时提供额外的帮助或文档级别，并在相关数据中提供附加的编辑导航功能。 本发明提供了一个紧密关联数据的工具提示，同时正在对相关数据进行编辑。 在电子表格的情况下，当用户开始编辑电子表格单元格内的函数时，将提供工具提示。 本发明的帮助设施认识到，当用户已经输入等号（识别公式），已知功能名称和括号（指示参数集的开始）时，用户已经开始输入功能。 然后，帮助工具引用函数数据库并确定所需的参数集。 帮助功能将函数名称和参数设置为类似HTML的文本，并为选择任何参数提供了一种替代方法。 最后，帮助工具在用户正在编辑电子表格功能的点旁边向用户显示类似HTML的文本。

公开(公告)号：US07237186B2

公开(公告)日：2007-06-26

申请号：US10286275

申请日：2002-10-31

申请人： Matthew J. Androski ,  Mark S. Igra ,  Kent R. Lowry ,  Brian Frank ,  Jeanell D. Sullivan ,  Justin M. Maguire, III

发明人： Matthew J. Androski ,  Mark S. Igra ,  Kent R. Lowry ,  Brian Frank ,  Jeanell D. Sullivan ,  Justin M. Maguire, III

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/246

摘要： A user can click on a spreadsheet cell to enter edit mode and alter the contents of the cell. Edit mode can be exited through a click and drag maneuver. The click and drag maneuver not only exits edit mode, but also selects a range of cells. The click and drag is performed by depressing a mouse button while the mouse indicator is positioned Over the edit cell, moving the mouse while holding the mouse button depressed, and releasing the mouse button when the end of the desired range of cells is reached. The range of selected cells starts with the edit cell and continues to the cell over which the mouse indicator was positioned when the mouse button was released.

摘要翻译： 用户可以点击电子表格单元格进入编辑模式并更改单元格的内容。 编辑模式可以通过点击和拖动操作退出。 单击和拖动操作不仅退出编辑模式，还可以选择一系列单元格。 鼠标指针定位时按住鼠标按钮可以执行点击和拖动在编辑单元格的上方，按住鼠标按钮的同时移动鼠标，并在达到所需单元格范围结束时释放鼠标按钮。 所选单元格的范围从编辑单元开始，并在鼠标按钮被释放时继续到鼠标指示器所在的单元格。

公开(公告)号：US06691281B1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-10

申请号：US09333816

申请日：1999-06-15

申请人： Terri L. Sorge ,  May May Quan ,  Kent R. Lowry ,  Russell S. Johnson ,  John L. Dauphiny

发明人： Terri L. Sorge ,  May May Quan ,  Kent R. Lowry ,  Russell S. Johnson ,  John L. Dauphiny

IPC分类号： G06F1500

CPC分类号： G06F17/2264 ,  G06F17/2205 ,  G06F17/245

摘要： A spreadsheet program directly publishes a data table or chart into an HTML document. The table or chart is published to a predefined location within the HTML document and a user is enabled to readily update the published table or chart to include changes made in the spreadsheet program by republishing the data table or chart. Furthermore, the published or republished data can be imported back into the parent spreadsheet program from the HTML document without loss of functionality or formatting that it had in the parent spreadsheet program. In addition, the data may be published in a form that can be used by ActiveX web components in order to provide spreadsheet functionality from within the browser application. A unique marker tag or identification tag within the HTML document indicates where the data table or chart has been inserted.

摘要翻译： 电子表格程序直接将数据表或图表发布到HTML文档中。 表格或图表被发布到HTML文档中的预定位置，用户可以轻松地更新已发布的表格或图表，以便通过重新发布数据表或图表来包含电子表格程序中所做的更改。 此外，已发布或重新发布的数据可以从HTML文档导入到父电子表格程序中，而不会丢失在父电子表格程序中具有的功能或格式。 此外，数据可以以ActiveX Web组件可以使用的形式发布，以便从浏览器应用程序中提供电子表格功能。 HTML文档中的唯一标记标签或标识标签表示数据表或图表已插入的位置。

公开(公告)号：US06579324B1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-17

申请号：US09302824

申请日：1999-04-30

申请人： Kent R. Lowry ,  Howard Wesley Cherry ,  Willard Bruce Jones ,  Tjeerd Hoek ,  Justin Maguire, III ,  John A. Tholen ,  Richard M. Banks ,  Terrence T. Huang

发明人： Kent R. Lowry ,  Howard Wesley Cherry ,  Willard Bruce Jones ,  Tjeerd Hoek ,  Justin Maguire, III ,  John A. Tholen ,  Richard M. Banks ,  Terrence T. Huang

IPC分类号： G06F1700

CPC分类号： G06F17/246 ,  G06F17/212

摘要： A method for using an indicator, known as “See Through View,” that allows a user to select a region on the display device and still see the visual attributes of the contents as they will appear when the region is deselected. When the user selects a region on the display device, the invention “shades” the background of the selected region. The contents within the selected region are left unchanged. Shading is accomplished by combining each original background base color with a selection shading color to produce a corresponding blended color, or colors. If the corresponding blended color is similar to the background base color, the blended color is either lightened or darkened, as needed to produce an adjusted blended color. Each blended color, or the adjusted blended color (as required) replaces the corresponding base background color within the selected region. The effect is that the selected region and background items appear “shaded.” This allows the user to see the visual attributes of the contents of the selected region, as they would actually appear.

摘要翻译： 使用称为“透视图”的指示器的方法，允许用户在显示设备上选择一个区域，并且仍然会看到内容的视觉属性，因为它们将在取消选择该区域时出现。 当用户选择显示装置上的区域时，本发明“遮蔽”所选区域的背景。 所选区域内的内容保持不变。 通过将每个原始背景基色与选择着色颜色组合以产生相应的混合颜色或颜色来实现着色。 如果相应的混合颜色与背景颜色相似，则根据需要混合的颜色要么变亮或变暗，以产生调整的混合颜色。 每个混合颜色或调整后的混合颜色（根据需要）替代所选区域内的相应基本背景颜色。 效果是所选区域和背景项目显示为“阴影”。 这允许用户看到所选区域的内容的视觉属性，如它们实际出现的那样。

公开(公告)号：US06549878B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-15

申请号：US09223864

申请日：1998-12-31

申请人： Kent R. Lowry ,  Mark S. Igra ,  Brian Frank ,  Jeanell D. Sullivan ,  Justin M. Maguire, III ,  Matthew J. Androski

发明人： Kent R. Lowry ,  Mark S. Igra ,  Brian Frank ,  Jeanell D. Sullivan ,  Justin M. Maguire, III ,  Matthew J. Androski

IPC分类号： G06F1721

CPC分类号： G06F17/246

摘要： Editing cells within a spreadsheet to change the contents of a spreadsheet. To enter edit mode and alter the contents of a cell, the user first selects a cell by single clicking a mouse button while the mouse indicator is positioned above the cell. The user then initiates another single click when the mouse indicator is positioned above the selected cell. Once edit mode is active, the user may change the contents of the cell from within the web browser window as desired. Edit mode can be exited through one of three methods: an “exit and save” signal, an “exit and discard” signal, or a click and drag maneuver. The exit and save signal prompts the invention to save all changes to the cell that the user has made. The exit and discard signal prompts the invention to discard any changes made to the cell by the user, revert to the pre-edit mode contents of the edit cell, and exit edit mode. Finally, a click and drag maneuver not only exits edit mode, but selects a range of cells. The click and drag is performed by depressing a mouse button while the mouse indicator is positioned over the edit cell, moving the mouse while holding the mouse button depressed, and releasing the mouse button when the end of the desired range of cells is reached. The range of cells selected will then start with the edit cell and continue to the cell over which the mouse indicator was positioned when the mouse button was released.