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Ectopharma Limited

The Hillman Group, Inc.

Southwest Research Institute

Nkk Corporation

Nmt Group Plc

John S Campbell

Carlos Augusto Otero

Christian Canton

Samuel C Radakovitz

Benjamin Edward Rampson

Uhl Albert

Matthew Hart Fichtner

Allison Jane Rutherford

Amy Lin

Aaron Lamar Wilson

Joseph Benjamin Gault

Lawrence Fubini Waldman

Daniel Yancy Parish

Brian David Bitz

Karsten Aagaard

Errol Mark Tazbaz

Scott Douglas Bowers

Eric Paul Witt

Anthony Ernest Hillyerd

Andrew William Hill

Michael A Mueller

Mark Rolland Knight

Andrew James Becker

Can Mehmet Comertoglu

Yazan Aldehayyat

George L Heredia

Jan Raken

Chad B Rothschiller

Eran Megiddo

Christopher Doan

Shahar Prish

Karen Xiaoxu Cheng

Rajesh M Dighde

Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin

James H Arps

Daniel C Battagin

James Michael Bonicatto

Charles E Fox

Eric W Patterson

Kenneth Charles Boman

Joseph John McDaid

Christopher Alan Sharp

Karen Y Cheng

Sherman Der

Simon Peyton Jones

Jim Sun

Steve Tullis

Andrew Carver

John David Sully

Pablo Rochat

Sam C Radakovitz

Catherine Anne Harley

Thomas Constantine

Yun Ma

Daniel Mullowney

Jair Cazarin Villanueva

Alexander Livingston

Catherine William Neylan

David John Huston

Nathan Michael Thome

John Targell

Boaz Chen

Craig M Wall

Yariv Ben-Tovim

Micah James Myerscough

Bernie Schultz

Gerald R Leverant

Richard Page

Justin Carl Lind

Joe Gault

Shane Sykes

Gardiner S Stiles

Edward Albert Bass

Bonggwon Ji

Jingjiang Zhang

Steven Paul Kraynak

Tomoo Isawa

Patrick Martin Merritt

Jeff Liao

Curt Aumiller

Franklin Willard Bradshaw, Ii

Carlos A Ortero

Fei Wu

Samuel Chow Radakovitz

Matthew Fichtner

Natural gestures for interacting with spreadsheet documents are provided. A user may interact with a spreadsheet document using a variety of touch-based gestures. Gestures applied to a spreadsheet document may be used for making structural and display changes to the document. For example, gestures may be used on the spreadsheet document for inserting new columns and rows; for revealing hidden columns and rows; for deleting columns and rows; for extending functionalities across columns and rows; for moving objects displayed in a spreadsheet document; and for navigating various parts of a spreadsheet document.

Natural quick function gestures

The present disclosure describes a value referred to as a compound object that stores multiple values in a single cell, wherein those multiple values are organized according to a defined structure. The compound object may store multiple values according to a known defined data structure such as, for example, a record, vector, matrix, table, or array. In other embodiments, the compound object may store multiple values as any nested combination of any one of the known or user-defined data structures. Each of the values stored in the compound object are individually referenceable and can fully participate with spreadsheet functionality including calculations, referencing, and formatting.

Compound data objects

Text messages are used to interact with objects in a spreadsheet. For example, text messages may be used to enter/receive data in the spreadsheet. One or more text messages may be associated with a spreadsheet. Text messages may be associated with cells, tables, charts and other objects of the spreadsheet. When the spreadsheet receives a text message, the text message is parsed and information that is contained within the text message is used to interact with one or more objects within the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet may also generate and send text messages that provide information about the spreadsheet and/or request information to be entered within the spreadsheet. For example, the spreadsheet may send out an update of one or more values/objects within a spreadsheet and/or send a request within a text message requesting information to update a table.

Using text messages to interact with spreadsheets

Systems and methods for charting images and/or attributes of images associated with a spreadsheet are provided. For instance, when an image is associated with a spreadsheet, the image may be treated as a new type of data within the spreadsheet. In some aspects, a plurality of images may be associated with a spreadsheet, e.g., within a single cell or within a range of cells. In some aspects, the images themselves, as well as image data (e.g., pixelated data, etc.), image attributes (e.g., opacity, color palette, resolution, aspect ratio, image dimensions, author, creation date and/or time, file name, tags, file size, GPS location information, etc.), and/or spreadsheet data (e.g., values in cells, user comments, etc.) may be incorporated into a report (e.g., a chart) using a spreadsheet charting function, either automatically or by user selection.

Images on charts

Described herein is a system and method for associating images with one or more cells in a spreadsheet application. As described, one or more images may be associated with a single cell in a spreadsheet application or it may be associated with a range of cells in the spreadsheet application. Information about the image, such as metadata, pixel information or other parameters, may be retrieved from the image. Once retrieved, a calculation engine may perform one or more calculations on the information in order to change an appearance of the image.

Calculations on images within cells in spreadsheets

Systems for performing operations on dynamic data associated with cells of a spreadsheet are provided. Both dynamic data and static data may be associated with a single cell of the spreadsheet. Upon association, parameters (including stream attributes, video attributes, image attributes and audio attributes) may be manipulated by a user, providing dynamic data processing functionality within a spreadsheet. Controls may be provided for playing the dynamic data and/or playing the dynamic data in response to spreadsheet data satisfying a condition. Operations for inserting text transcriptions (e.g., speech-to-text) of an audio track associated with dynamic data as subtitles may further be provided. Spreadsheet operations (e.g., sort and/or filter operations) may also be performed on a range of cells based on parameters of associated dynamic data.

Operations on dynamic data associated with cells in spreadsheets

Systems and methods for charting audio files and/or attributes of audio files associated with a spreadsheet are provided. For instance, when an audio file is associated with a spreadsheet, the audio file may be treated as a new type of data within the spreadsheet. In some aspects, a plurality of audio files may be associated with a spreadsheet, e.g., within a single cell or within a range of cells. In some aspects, the audio files themselves, as well as audio data (e.g., modulated data representing soundwaves, etc.), audio attributes (e.g., frequency, amplitude, sampling rate, codec, bitrate, volume, pitch, speed, channel, audio effects, author/artist, creation date and/or time, file name, file size, duration, etc.), and/or spreadsheet data (e.g., values in cells, user comments, etc.) may be incorporated into a report (e.g., a chart) using a spreadsheet charting function, either automatically or by user selection.

Sound on charts

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for implementing rich data types in a spreadsheet application. Generally, a value being of a rich data type is as a type of value that has context and established relationships with other types of data. In particular, a rich data type is a data value having associated context, which may be units (e.g., inches, miles, meters, kilograms, seconds, joules, hertz, Fahrenheit, etc.) or other information about the data's type (e.g., city, stock, NCAA football team, car, restaurant, school, etc.). Additionally, a value being of a rich data type further includes established relationships with other types of data.

Rich data types

Described herein is a system and method for associating audio files with one or more cells in a spreadsheet application. As described, one or more audio files may be associated with a single cell in a spreadsheet application or it may be associated with a range of cells in the spreadsheet application. Information about the audio file, such playback properties and other parameters, may be retrieved from the audio file. Once retrieved, a calculation engine of the spreadsheet application may perform one or more calculations on the information in order to change the content of audio file, the playback of the audio files and so on.

Calculations on sound associated with cells in spreadsheets

A computing device is described. The computing device includes a first portion with a protrusion and a second portion separably connected to the first portion. The second portion has a receptacle. An undocking assist mechanism is configured to separate the first portion from the second portion when the protrusion is at least partially inserted into the receptacle. An actuator is configured to actuate the undocking assist mechanism. Methods of use are also described.

Undocking assist mechanisms and methods of use

One or more tactile effects may be mapped to application user interface elements, formatting properties, and document structure and applied to a display comprising tactile capabilities (e.g., deformable screens, vibrations, static charges, heat, etc.). Formatting, structure, and user interface elements may be mapped to different screen variations that may be felt by a visually impaired user. A visually impaired user may be able to utilize his/her sense of touch to more easily comprehend formatting and structure of a document, as well as to have greater confidence to author professional and consistently formatted and structured documents. A tactile effect may be applied to a location of a displayed user interface element, formatting property, or document structure, or may be applied to a designated area of the display.

Accessibility detection of content properties through tactile interactions

The present disclosure relates to enriching a compound object with data provided by a third party service, database, or local database. In some embodiments, this is performed by receiving an entry of a value in a cell of a spreadsheet; determining whether the value is related to information provided by a service; based on a determination that the value is related to information provided by the service, selecting the service; displaying a field selection user interface; receiving a selection of one or more fields from the field selection user interface; receiving one or more values associated with the selected one or more fields; and enriching a compound object based on the selected one or more fields and associated one or more values.

Enriched compound data objects

Systems for associating audio files with cells of a spreadsheet are provided. Both audio files and data may be associated with a single cell of the spreadsheet. An audio file may be recorded, retrieved from storage, or converted from a document (e.g., using text-to-speech technology) for association with a spreadsheet. Upon association, audio parameters may be viewed and/or manipulated by a user, providing audio processing functionality within a spreadsheet. Controls may be provided for listening to the audio file and/or playing the audio file in response to spreadsheet data satisfying a condition. Text transcriptions (e.g., speech-to-text) of audio files may be inserted into the spreadsheet. For low vision users, audio transcriptions (e.g., text-to-speech) of data may be generated and 'played' for the user. Spreadsheet operations (e.g., sort and/or filter operations) may also be performed on a range of cells based on audio parameters of associated audio files.

Operations on sound files associated with cells in spreadsheets

A smart fill feature is provided, which may be utilized to provide suggestions to a user and to prepopulate fill results in a spreadsheet. Characteristics associated with a set of data may be recognized and used to help determine fill results Suggestions may be determined from internal and or/external data sources, and may use contextual information in a data set to determine what a user may be trying to accomplish. External data sources may include one or more Internet data sources or internal corporate databases, providing a large amount of data from which to search for potential fill results. A split column command may be used to split a column into two or more columns. Data may be split between columns or combined by various methods, which may include, by example, by direct manipulation via tokens, or via a slider UI.

Method and system for providing autofill of data

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