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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Chavoustie, New Knoxville, OH (US);
Andrew Eberbach, Toronto, CA;
Trevor L. Montgomery, Austin, TX (US);
Joshua M. Woods, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/246 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for visually indicating relationships among cells in a spreadsheet. Each of a first graphical linking element extending between cells in a first branch of a dependency tree of a root cell and a second graphical linking element extending between cells in a second branch of the dependency tree of the root cell is independently displayed and hidden.