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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc., Redmond, WA (US);
Samuel C. Radakovitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Christian M. Canton, Bellevue, WA (US);
Carlos A. Ortero, Seattle, WA (US);
John Campbell, Woodinville, WA (US);
Allison Rutherford, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin E. Rampson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
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.