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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2005
Alexander A. Babanov, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles D. Ellis, Seattle, WA (US);
Howard J. Dickerman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert G. Hawking, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander A. Babanov, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles D. Ellis, Seattle, WA (US);
Howard J. Dickerman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert G. Hawking, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to new and improved embodiments of methods and systems for capturing and providing arbitrarily rich data to be stored or manipulated within a spreadsheet. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for creating spreadsheet metadata comprises receiving an item in a spreadsheet, receiving item metadata about the item, and associating the item metadata with the item to create spreadsheet metadata.