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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2021
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joseph J. Kaptur, New York, NY (US);
Zachary E. Lloyd, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of processing data of a collaborative electronic document having a tabular structure includes identifying a first cell in the tabular structure of the collaborative electronic document, the first cell having a first cell identifier and including a formula having a first function call, the first function call including an argument comprising a plurality of formula elements, wherein the plurality of formula elements comprise a second cell identifier and a first string. The method also includes identifying, based on the second cell identifier, a second cell in the tabular structure of the collaborative document, the second cell associated with a function identifier, identifying a value of the second cell in the tabular structure of the collaborative electronic document, wherein the value of the second cell in the tabular structure of the collaborative electronic document is a second string corresponding to a function name that corresponds to a second function call, determining a result of the formula using the function identifier, the first string and the second string, and causing the result of the formula to be displayed in the first cell in the tabular structure of the collaborative electronic document.