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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Keyur Rahul Patel, Seattle, WA (US);
James Squires Masson, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph John McDaid, Seattle, WA (US);
Arturo Goicochea Hoefken, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An enhanced integration of spreadsheet environments and external environments is disclosed herein that allows users to enter non-native statements directly into the cells of a worksheet so that external resources can be applied with respect to their values. In addition, a security model is disclosed whereby external functions referenced in the cells of a worksheet are executed in the context of a runtime environment that is secured apart from the spreadsheet application that hosts the worksheet. Various enhancements to the user experience are also disclosed that allow users to enter non-native statements in line with respect to the functional syntax that forms the basis of spreadsheet formulas.