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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.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Daniel C. Battagin, Redmond, WA (US);
Liviu Asnash, Redmond, WA (US);
Amir Netz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Cristian Petculescu, Redmond, WA (US);
Eran Megiddo, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel C. Battagin, Redmond, WA (US);
Liviu Asnash, Redmond, WA (US);
Amir Netz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Cristian Petculescu, Redmond, WA (US);
Eran Megiddo, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus are provided for exposing and utilizing workbook ranges as server data sources. The system includes a client computer capable of executing a spreadsheet application program for creating a workbook including a range that includes data objects. The workbook may be published to a server computer where the specified data objects are exposed as server data sources. The server computer allows client applications to discover and connect to the data objects contained within the workbook as server data sources.