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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2011
Amy Lin, Redmond, WA (US);
Shahar Prish, Redmond, WA (US);
Sherman Der, NewCastle, WA (US);
John Campbell, Renton, WA (US);
Amy Lin, Redmond, WA (US);
Shahar Prish, Redmond, WA (US);
Sherman Der, NewCastle, WA (US);
John Campbell, Renton, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A spreadsheet application associates data obtained from a captured image with a spreadsheet. For example, one or more images of physical data may be captured and translated into electronic data that is automatically associated with one or more spreadsheets. The formatting and underlying formulas of the data included within the captured image may be represented within a spreadsheet (e.g. highlighted data remains highlighted within the electronic spreadsheet). The data may also be compared with existing electronic data. For example, differences between the data in the captured image with the data in an existing spreadsheet may be used to update the existing spreadsheet. A display of a captured image may be also be augmented using data that is obtained from the captured image. For example, a chart may be created and displayed using data that is obtained from the captured image.