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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
David Boyd Ludwig, IV, Seattle, WA (US);
Aldo Raul Torres, Everett, WA (US);
Patrick William Volum, Seattle, WA (US);
Tong Jiang, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Blanton Smith, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An electronic system and method of operating electronic software applications such as spreadsheets provides help with formulas and other software functions. The system provides the user with a list of model examples upon request, and responds to a user selection of a model by creating both a model formula or control and model data upon which the formula or control is calculated or may act. The model is editable by the user, so that they may better understand the function being illustrated and use it with their own data.