EDITABLE TABLE MODIFICATION

• US 20070266331A1
• Filed: 03/19/2007
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Schrepp, Martin, Brinkmann, Till, Held, Theo, Bicker, Sandra, Oster, Erik, Hardt, Annett, Dauer, Martin, Deck, Ingo, Bierbaum, Boris, Nieder, Iris
• Granted Patent: US 7,840,601 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/177 of tables; using ruled lines

Abstract

In a computing system, a communication that includes contents retrieved from a data repository and configured to be organized in a table is received from a second device. The received contents are displayed in the table on a user interface. The table includes multiple rows, one of which is configured to remain empty while the table is displayed to indicate a possibility of adding a new row to the table. While the table is displayed, a user input that indicates the empty row and is configured to trigger the new row to be added to the table is received. The new row is added to the table without first communicating with the second device regarding the addition. The new row is configured so that new contents entered into the new row are to be added to the data repository in a subsequent communication to the second device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of modifying an editable table without communicating with a remote device, the method comprising:

receiving, at a first device and from a second device, a communication that includes contents configured to be organized in a table, the second device having retrieved the contents from a data repository;

displaying the received contents in the table on a user interface of the first device, the table including multiple rows, wherein one of the rows is configured to remain empty while the table is displayed to indicate a possibility of adding at least one new row to the table;

receiving, while the table is displayed, a user input made by performing an operation in the user interface that indicates the empty row, the user input configured to trigger the new row to be added to the table; and

in response to the user input, adding the new row to the table without first communicating with the second device regarding the addition, the new row being configured so that new contents entered into the new row are to be added to the data repository in a subsequent communication to the second device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the new row is created by a script executing on the first device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user input that indicates the empty row is a selection of a field within the empty row.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user input that indicates the empty row is a tab into the empty row.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user input that indicates the empty row is a data keystroke entry within the empty row.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the new contents into the new row and sending the subsequent communication to the second device, the subsequent communication including the new contents.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the subsequent communication is sent to the second device in response to receiving, after the new contents have been received into the new row, a user input made by performing an operation in the user interface that indicates storing the table.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the subsequent communication is sent to the second device in response to receiving, after the new contents have been received into the new row, a user input made by performing an operation in the user interface that indicates navigating away from the table.

9. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for modifying an editable table without communicating with a remote device, the method comprising:

receive, at a first device and from a second device, a communication that includes contents configured to be organized in a table, the second device having retrieved the contents from a data repository;

display the received contents in the table on a user interface of the first device, the table including multiple rows, wherein one of the rows is configured to remain empty while the table is displayed to indicate a possibility of adding at least one new row to the table;

receive, while the table is displayed, a user input made by performing an operation in the user interface that indicates the empty row, the user input configured to trigger the new row to be added to the table; and

in response to the user input, add the new row to the table without first communicating with the second device regarding the addition, the new row being configured so that new contents entered into the new row are to be added to the data repository in a subsequent communication to the second device.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the new row is created by a script executing on the first device.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the user input that indicates the empty row is a selection of a field within the empty row.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the user input that indicates the empty row is a selection of a field within the empty row.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the user input that indicates the empty row is a data keystroke entry within the empty row.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor receive the new contents into the new row and send the subsequent communication to the second device, the subsequent communication including the new contents.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the subsequent communication is sent to the second device in response to receiving, after the new contents have been received into the new row, a user input made by performing an operation in the user interface that indicates storing the table.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the subsequent communication is sent to the second device in response to receiving, after the new contents have been received into the new row, a user input made by performing an operation in the user interface that indicates navigating away from the table.

17. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, generate on a display device a graphical user interface for modifying an editable table without communicating with a remote device, the graphical user interface comprising:

a table comprising;

(i) multiple rows of data received in a communication from a second device, the data having been retrieved from a data repository by the second device; and

(ii) a row configured to remain empty while the table is displayed to indicate a possibility of adding at least one new row to the table;

wherein the graphical user interface is configured to receive, while the table is displayed, a user input made by performing an operation in the user interface that indicates the empty row, and add a new row to the table in response to the user input without first communicating with the second device regarding the addition, the new row being configured so that new contents entered into the new row are to be added to the data repository in a subsequent communication to the second device.