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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7873676 | Contextually analyzing data in tabular and graphical reports Techniques are provided for analyzing data called “pivot points” which allows users to instantly generate a report based on all available dimensions for any cell in a tabular report or any data point in a graphical report. In one embodiment, the techniques invol... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7426690 | Extensible markup language markup cloning on table rows and cells in a software application document Methods and systems are provided for automatically replicating table rows and cells marked up with Extensible Markup Language (XML) data (markup) to create new table rows and cells containing the same XML markup as a selected row and cells from which the new row and... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426701 | Interactive drill down tool An interactive drill down tool having a first level of information defining the steps necessary to complete an objective. A second level of information defines interrelationships between work positions. A third level of information defines what each work position mu... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7412650 | Method of representing information on a three-dimensional user interface The present invention relates to a method of representing information on a three-dimensional user interface having multiple portals, in which data is associated with each of the portals. A symbolic marker is associated with each of the portals according to a pre-spe... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7392478 | Method and system in an electronic spreadsheet for handling graphical objects referring to working ranges of cells in a copy/cut and paste operation A system and method of copying and pasting a source range of cells onto a destination range of cells in a spreadsheet. The source range includes at least one working range of cells and at least one fastening range of cells that include graphical objects. The source ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386238 | Method and system for infrared data communications A method and system for conveying contextually relevant information to a wireless client are disclosed. More particularly, a transmitter transmits a diffuse infrared signal to a client having an IrDA compliant communication interface. The transmitter communicates wi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383238 | Inductive monitoring system constructed from nominal system data and its use in real-time system monitoring The present invention relates to an Inductive Monitoring System (IMS), its software implementations, hardware embodiments and applications. Training data is received, typically nominal system data acquired from sensors in normally operating systems or from detailed ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376895 | Data object oriented repository system An integrated multi-application data processing system for generating, storing, and retrieving data files, each data file having a multi-dimensional array of data cells, and a program framework providing a common user interface for at least one application program f... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373603 | Method and system for providing data reference information Reference information related to data that is copied using computer software is provided. The data can be copied from a first computer application to a memory. Reference information related to the data can also be copied to the memory. The copied data can be pasted ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370271 | Methods and apparatus for generating a spreadsheet report template Methods and apparatus for generating a report template for generation of a spreadsheet report are disclosed. First, a grid including a plurality of cells is displayed. One or more database fields for which data is to be obtained from a database are identified, where... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370280 | Apparatus, system, and method for defining a web services interface for MFS-based IMS applications An apparatus, system, and method are provided for defining a web services interface for an MFS-based IMS application. The apparatus, system, and method include a parser that parses an MFS-based IMS source file into one or more Message Input Descriptions (MIDs) and o... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370047 | System and method for filtering and sorting data System and method for filtering and sorting data. The system includes data management system for displaying a data table having a plurality of rows and columns of data cells. Each of the columns in the data table has an associated filter cell whereby the user may in... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366934 | Method of remotely controlling devices for endoscopy A method for remote control of devices. A remote control device receives a graphical user interface from a controlled device. The graphical user interface is periodically updated with controlled device data. The controlled device data is interrupted by command data ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366978 | Method and system for creating a grid-like coordinate system for addressing data contained in an irregular computer-generated table Methods and systems provide for imposing structure onto a freeform or irregular table so that a subsequent consuming application may use the table, including presentation of the table and location of the data in the table. A generic grid structure is created having ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363348 | Method and system in an office application for providing content dependent help information Method, system and program product for providing on-line help information in an office application which includes one or more objects. The on-line help information is dependent on content of a selected object of the office application. A user of the office applicati... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362311 | Single column layout for content pages A system and method for small computing devices that present a single column of content such as a web page such that a user need only scroll vertically to see the content. A parser converts HTML to CSS as necessary, and a single column style sheet modifies content f... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363577 | Techniques for serializing events Techniques are provided for serializing events of a data stream. Meta information defines information unit separators and context for events within the data stream. The data stream is parsed according to the instructions of the meta information and event data associ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360153 | Method and apparatus for importing digital switching system data into a spreadsheet program A method and apparatus for importing digital switching system data into a spreadsheet program. Via the switch data examiner of the present invention, raw data from a digital switch/switching system such as the 5ESS® is converted by the switch data examiner to a for... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360167 | User interface expander and collapser A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359910 | Scalable transformation and tree based query language node—set selection A method and apparatus for transforming large messages using a scalable process. This scalable process decomposes the message into nodes and node values. Navigation between related tree node tree is carried out based upon the decomposed message. Following decomposit... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360156 | Method and system for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace A method and system are provided for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace. In a computer software application, a region is defined within the workspace, an action is associated with the region, content is received wi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356537 | Providing contextually sensitive tools and help content in computer-generated documents A method and system are provided for creation, implementation, and use of computer-generated “smart” documents to which functionality is attached for providing contextually sensitive tools, controls and help content to users of those documents. Portions of docum... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356691 | Authentication of mobile wireless network component A wireless home entertainment system consistent with certain embodiments has at least one server, wherein the server includes a cradle having a first authentication switch forming a part thereof, wherein the first authentication switch is not a general purpose data ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353228 | Method and product for calculating a net operating income audit and for enabling substantially identical audit practices among a plurality of audit firms Deployment of a computer program including a global NOI audit model together with standards, procedures, documentation, and reporting requirements in interactive, digital form to a plurality of audit firms operating independently of each other and having a reporting... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353457 | Graphical access to data objects A method, apparatus and system for accessing data objects from a storage medium includes rendering a combination of graphical structures. Each graphical structure depicts a storage hierarchy or logic, and can include a link or reference to stored data objects. The c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353462 | Graphical user interface for accessing data A graphical user interface for accessing data can display hierarchical information in an efficient organized layout that users may easily navigate. In one embodiment, subject headings are contained within cells that form a column. Information related to the subject ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348980 | Method and apparatus for interface for graphic display of data from a Kstore A method for providing a display of data from an interlocking trees datastore in a graphical display system having a graphic display device is disclosed, the method including the steps of collecting display requirements for defining a value and at least one display ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350142 | Method and system for creating a table version of a document A table version of a document is generated by computing a table layout of the document and generating the table version based on the table layout. Computing the table layout can include recording the positions of each object in the document while recording the posit... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349862 | Business intelligence monitor method and system The present invention is directed to a business intelligence monitor method and system. Business intelligence indicators are monitored by generating a monitoring repository through selecting functions from a collection of functions, for receiving the business intell... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337398 | Reconstitute tag-delimited tables in a graphics editing application A system and method is described for reconstituting a tag-delimited table structure into a file editable by a graphics editing application, the tag-delimited table structure defining an assembly of visible content, the method comprising parsing the tag-delimited tab... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337193 | Determining priority between data items One embodiment of the present invention enables nodes or endpoints involved with synchronization of data items to determine which version of a data item (if any) has priority over another version of that same data item. Within the present embodiment, when a data ite... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337395 | System and method for hierarchical data document modification A system and method for data element extraction from hierarchically structured documents. According to one embodiment, a generator extracts a plurality of data elements from a stored hierarchical data file that is in a first format, in accordance with a data set tha... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334236 | Method for scoped services Described is a mechanism for providing scoped modular services (SMS) through an API. A common set of services is provided by the API that may be enabled or disabled by each component. The services are managed using a property system in the same manner as element pro... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334185 | Data management tool A method and system for managing data elements with associated attributes in a computer system is described. Identifiers of each data element and information identifying the attributes of each data element are stored and the identifiers associated with each of the d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331015 | Defining a report based on data regions and including custom data in a report definition A report definition is processed by a report processor to generate a report. The report definition includes a plurality of data regions arranged on a page, where the data regions as arranged on the page in the report definition extend in multiple dimensions selected... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328400 | Table column spanning Disclosed are a method and system for grouping columns of data into different levels for subsequent multiple level operations. The method comprises the steps of providing sub-columns within a single table column, said table columns and each of the sub-columns having... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328435 | Method for dynamically changing one Web page by another web page Method for dynamically changing the content of a first Web page by a second Web page, wherein the first Web page is downloaded by a Web browser from a first domain, and the second Web page is downloaded by the browser from a second domain. One or more commands/proce... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328275 | Wirelessly retrieving and locally caching child and sibling items in a browsing session A browsing session having an improved selection-to-display time is provided based on a tree which relates wirelessly-retrievable items. Responsive to a user-initiated selection that an item be a current item to browse, the item is displayed, a child and a sibling of... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324109 | Method for superimposing statistical information on tubular data A method is disclosed for displaying a plurality of statistical data usually presented in a histogram, such as sample counts and percentages of a collection of categorized samples, in a compact single table. The method comprises presenting grouped statistical data t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325190 | Interface system and method of building rules and constraints for a resource scheduling system The present invention is an interface system for interactively building rules and constraints. The interface system comprises of an output display configured to show a user a partial complete rule with a current rule fragment, such rule fragment comprising a blank s... | 01/29/2008 |
