Matthew C David

US Patent:

7536406, May 19, 2009

Filed:

Jun 23, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/874921

Inventors:

J. Kirk Haselden - Issaquah WA, US
Mark J. T. Durley - Sammamish WA, US
Matthew E. David - Sammamish WA, US
Sergei Ivanov - Issaquah WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707102, 707100, 707101, 707103 X, 707103 Y, 717162

Abstract:

Impact analysis provides the ability to determine the objects that a particular object depends on or uses, as well as determine the objects that are dependent on or use a particular object. The term object may refer to tasks and/or object types, for example. Impact analysis is desirable for improving user productivity in large, complex documents because it facilitates determining how and where an object is used by other objects in the system, thereby potentially saving a great deal of manual work.

US Patent:

20090006939, Jan 1, 2009

Filed:

Jun 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/771893

Inventors:

Stuart N. DeSpain - Seattle WA, US
Andrew Ely Ryder - Seattle WA, US
Joseph F. E. Jones - Redmond WA, US
Jim Kee Chan - Woodinville WA, US
Matthew E. David - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715217, 715781

Abstract:

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable modules is provided. The medium includes a computer spreadsheet application including a worksheet defining a series of cells arranged in addressable rows and columns. In addition, a sheet definition is provided. The sheet definition includes a set of constraints applied to the worksheet based on a task-specific function defined for the spreadsheet. Users may select a task-specific worksheet in the application which is limited by the set of constraints.