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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12141169 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2022

System and method for converting spreadsheets into data models

Applicant:

Anaplan, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Thomas Nelmes, London, GB;

Alexandros Komninos, York, GB;

Robin Ward Stafford, York, GB;

Jonathan Co, York, GB;

Assignee:

Anaplan, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry

Aly Z. Dossa

Primary Examiner:

Cheryl Lewis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 40/18 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/283 (2019.01); G06F 16/258 (2019.01); G06F 40/18 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method for converting a spreadsheet into a data model includes: obtaining the spreadsheet including a plurality of cells containing data; identifying local structures within the spreadsheet using attributes of the data in the spreadsheet; combining the local structures of the spreadsheet into a generic multi-dimensional model comprising dimensions and data cubes; generating the data model using the generic multi-dimensional model by mapping elements of the generic multi-dimensional model to elements of the data model; and displaying, on a display and to a user, the data model. The dimensions and the data cubes are the elements of the generic multi-dimensional model.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Nelmes, Andrew. (2024). System and method for converting spreadsheets into data models (U.S. Patent No. 12141169). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12141169

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