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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Brian J. Cragun, Rochester, MN (US);
Douglas R. Fish, Rochester, MN (US);
William C. Rapp, Rochester, MN (US);
Cale T. Rath, Byron, MN (US);
Hoa T. Tran, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian J. Cragun, Rochester, MN (US);
Douglas R. Fish, Rochester, MN (US);
William C. Rapp, Rochester, MN (US);
Cale T. Rath, Byron, MN (US);
Hoa T. Tran, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used to attach annotations to a particular view of data described by the annotation are provided. The annotation may be attached in a manner that allows the annotation to be viewed when subsequent views having at least some visible cells in common with the annotated view are displayed. An annotation created for a view of data may be stored with links to each cell visible in the view. When a predetermined set of cells visible in the annotated view are subsequently displayed in another view, the annotation may be retrieved via the cell links and an indication of the annotation may be provided.