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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2004
Applicant:
Craig A. Hobbs, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Craig A. Hobbs, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A facility for evaluating a spreadsheet cell is described. The facility reads a function call stored in a spreadsheet cell. The function call specifies an arbitrary geometric path and an operation to be performed on the specified path. The facility performs the specified operation on the specified path, and attributes one or more values produced thereby as the evaluated value of the spreadsheet cell.