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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Andrew J. Becker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles D. Ellis, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph M. Chirilov, Kirkland, WA (US);
Juha P. Niemisto, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Matthew J. Androski, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert C. Collie, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert G. Hawking, Seattle, WA (US);
Simon Peyton-jones, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew J. Becker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles D. Ellis, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph M. Chirilov, Kirkland, WA (US);
Juha P. Niemisto, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Matthew J. Androski, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert C. Collie, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert G. Hawking, Seattle, WA (US);
Simon Peyton-Jones, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides several database formulas that can manipulate large sets of data. Each database formula is customizable and repeatable without user intervention. Thus, users may enter numerous options that can cover the user's desire for data output in certain forms or formats, select a set of input data, and consistently receive a set of output data. In some embodiments, the user may refer to the set of data semantically instead of specifying a range of cells to use in the database formula. Referring to the data semantically allows the database formulas to adjust to changes in the range of cells new data may occupy.