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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:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ryan L. Brissette, San Jose, CA (US);
Sameer V. Jorapur, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Somil Kulkarni, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael L. Pauser, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/246 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 17/2235 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for data filtering includes displaying a cell set comprising data of a common data type on a display device. At least one cell contains a cell entry, displaying a filter icon within at least one cell of the cell set, and applying a filter to the cell set in response to selection of the filter icon by a user.