Electronic worksheet with reference-specific data display

• US 10,013,671 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2012
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Hoyer, Timo, Grub, Sascha Hans
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chung, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US13/693,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20140157165A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,037 Days
• Field of Search: 715769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

The present description refers to a method, apparatus and computer-readable storage medium for displaying an electronic worksheet that includes an object display area to display one or more objects and an object storage clip for attaching one or more objects in an object stack, attaching a first reference object to the object storage clip, the first reference object including a first reference parameter, and displaying a first information object in the object display area, where data displayed by the first information object is specific to the first reference parameter of the first reference object attached to the object storage clip.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

display an electronic worksheet that includes an object display area to display one or more objects and an object storage clip for attaching one or more objects in an object stack;

first, display a report in the object display area, the report including data related-to a first information object;

next, attach a first reference object to the object storage clip, the first reference object including a first reference parameter; and

then, modify the displayed report to include only data related to the first information object that is specific to the first reference parameter of the first reference object attached to the object storage clip.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein one or more of the objects are moveable between the object display area and the object storage clip through a drag and drop operation.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the first reference object is movably attached to the object storage clip so that a user can detach the first reference object and attach a second reference object to the object storage clip, the second reference object including a second reference parameter, and wherein the one or more programs instructions, which when executed by the computer, cause the computer to modify the displayed report to include only data related to the first information object that is specific to the second reference parameter of the second reference object attached to the object storage clip.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the first reference object comprises an information object that is used as a reference for displaying data for one or more other information objects.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the objects may be moved between the object display area where each object may be displayed up to a first size image and the object storage clip where each object is displayed as a second size image in a stacked arrangement with other objects, wherein the second size is smaller than the first size.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, which when executed by a computer, further cause the computer to:

display a second information object on the object display area, where data displayed by the second information object is specific to the first reference parameter of the first reference object attached to the object storage clip.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, which when executed by a computer, further cause the computer to:

associate a second reference object with the first information object, the second reference object including a second reference parameter,

wherein the first information object displays data specific to the second reference parameter of the second reference object that is associated with the first information object.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions causing the computer to associate comprise instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

drag the second reference object and drop the second reference object onto the first information object that is displayed in the object display area.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, which when executed by a computer, further cause the computer to:

display a second reference object on the object display area, the second reference object including a second reference parameter,

wherein the first information object displays data specific to the second reference parameter if the second reference object is associated with the first information object, and otherwise the first information object displays data specific the first reference parameter of the first reference object that is attached to the object storage clip if the second reference object is not associated with the first information object.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions, which when executed by a computer, further cause the computer to:

associate the second reference object with the first information object by dragging the second reference object and dropping the second reference object onto the first information object that is displayed in the object display area.

11. A method comprising:

displaying an electronic worksheet that includes an object display area to display one or more objects and an object storage clip for attaching one or more objects in an object stack;

first, displaying a report in the object display area, the report including data related to a first information object;

next, attaching a first reference object to the object storage clip, the first reference object including a first reference parameter; and

then, modifying the displayed report to include only data related to the first information object that is specific to the first reference parameter of the first reference object attached to the object storage clip.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein one or more of the objects are moveable between the object display area and the object storage clip through a drag and drop operation.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein an icon representing an object is displayed in the object stack for each of the objects attached to the object storage clip.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the first reference object comprises an information object that is used as a reference for displaying data for one or more other information objects.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the objects may be moved between the object display area where each object may be displayed up to a first size image and the object storage clip where each object is displayed as a second size image in a stacked arrangement with other objects, wherein the second size is smaller than the first size.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising displaying a second information object on the object display area, where data displayed by the second information object is specific to the first reference parameter of the first reference object attached to the object storage clip.

17. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

associating a second reference object with the first information object, the second reference object including a second reference parameter,

wherein the first information object displays data specific to the second reference parameter of the second reference object that is associated with the first information object.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the associating comprises dragging the second reference object and dropping the second reference object onto the first information object that is displayed in the object display area.

19. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

displaying a second reference object on the object display area, the second reference object including a second reference parameter,

wherein the first information object displays data specific to the second reference parameter if the second reference object is associated with the first information object, and otherwise the first information object displays data specific the first reference parameter of the first reference object that is attached to the object storage clip if the second reference object is not associated with the first information object.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising associating the second reference object with the first information object by dragging the second reference object and dropping the second reference object onto the first information object that is displayed in the object display area.

21. An apparatus comprising:

displaying logic configured to display an electronic worksheet that includes an object display area to display one or more objects and an object storage clip for attaching one or more objects in an object stack, and configured to, first, display a report in the object display area, the report including data related to a first information object; and

attaching logic configured to, next, attach a first reference object to the object storage clip, the first reference object including a first reference parameter, wherein the displaying logic is further configured to, then, modify the displayed report in the object display area to include only data related to a first information object that is specific to the first reference parameter of the first reference object attached to the object storage clip.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising:

associating logic configured to associate a second reference object with the first information object, the first reference object including a second reference parameter,

wherein the first information object displays data specific to the second reference parameter of the second reference object that is associated with the first information object.

23. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising:

wherein the displaying logic is further configured to display a second reference object on the object display area, the second reference object including a second reference parameter,

wherein the first information object displays data specific to the second reference parameter if the second reference object is associated with the first information object, and otherwise the first information object displays data specific the first reference parameter of the first reference object that is attached to the object storage clip if the second reference object is not associated with the first information object.