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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Apttus Inc, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kirk Krappe, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
APTTEX CORPORATION, San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/246 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for generating a spreadsheet is disclosed. The method comprises locking a grid area comprising selected cells of the spreadsheet to prevent data entry into said cells by a user; performing an authentication operation to authenticate the user with a remote application; if the authentication operation authenticates the user then retrieving row and column header information from the remote application in response to said communication displaying said row and column header information from the remote application; and selectively unlocking cells of the grid area with row and column header information.