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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2018
Workiva Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Dustin Lee Hiatt, Charlestown, SC (US);
Travis Lee Smith, Ames, IA (US);
John Pillar, Midland, GA (US);
Joshua Allen Beam, Columbus, GA (US);
Workiva Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a data storage and retrieval system includes a computing device that configures the computer memory according to an RTree (a type of logic tree) representing a structure of a spreadsheet. The computer memory may be internal to or external to the computing device. In an embodiment, the RTree has a plurality of nodes, at least some of which contain one or more minimum bounding rectangles. Each minimum bounding rectangle ('MBR') encompasses cells of the spreadsheet from a different one of a plurality of columns of the spreadsheet, but does not encompass cells of any of the other columns of the plurality of columns. A node of the RTree may hold multiple MBRs or a single MBR.