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Representation of people in a spreadsheet

  • US 10,191,898 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2017
  • Issued: 01/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer system, comprising:

  • at least one processing unit; and

    at least one memory storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the at least one processing unit cause the computer system to perform a method for representing a person within a spreadsheet, the method comprising;

    determining that a spreadsheet operation involves a person object, wherein the person object comprises a plurality of fields including at least a name and a contact action, wherein the spreadsheet operation treats the person object in a same manner as one or more native spreadsheet objects of the spreadsheet, and wherein the person object is acted upon in a same manner as the one or more native spreadsheet objects; and

    in response to determining that the spreadsheet operation involves the person object, configuring a view of the spreadsheet based on a person represented by the person object, wherein configuring the view comprises filtering or sorting the one or more native spreadsheet objects based on the person represented by the person object.

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