Determining a location for placing data in a spreadsheet based on a location of the data source
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1. A method implemented by a computerized system comprising:
- receiving data from a data source;
determining a geographical location of the data source;
determining a location in an electronic spreadsheet for placing at least a portion of the data, wherein the determined spreadsheet location is based on the determined geographical location of the data source;
inserting the data portion in the electronic spreadsheet at the determined spreadsheet location; and
displaying the electronic spreadsheet to a user, wherein the electronic spreadsheet indicates the geographical location of the data source from a display of the data portion inserted at the determined location.
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Abstract
Data from a data source is received. A location in a spreadsheet is determined for placing at least a portion of the data from the data source based on location information for the data source.
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1. A method implemented by a computerized system comprising:
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receiving data from a data source; determining a geographical location of the data source; determining a location in an electronic spreadsheet for placing at least a portion of the data, wherein the determined spreadsheet location is based on the determined geographical location of the data source; inserting the data portion in the electronic spreadsheet at the determined spreadsheet location; and displaying the electronic spreadsheet to a user, wherein the electronic spreadsheet indicates the geographical location of the data source from a display of the data portion inserted at the determined location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of using an electronic spreadsheet to display information at locations in the spreadsheet associated with the origin of the information, the method comprising;
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receiving data from a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors situated at a separate geographical location; determining the separate geographical location of each of the plurality of sensors; determining locations in the spreadsheet based on the determined separate geographical locations of the plurality of sensors such that one or more of at least a portion of the data from each of the plurality of sensors and a value is operable to be displayed in one or more of the locations in the electronic spreadsheet, wherein the value is calculated from at least some of the data from the plurality of sensors; inserting the data portion from each of the plurality of sensors in the electronic spreadsheet at each of the determined spreadsheet locations; and providing a display in the electronic spreadsheet to a user at least one of the data portions inserted in one of the determined spreadsheet locations, wherein the display indicates the separate geographical location of one of the plurality of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a plurality of data sensors; and a computing platform operable to identify a geographical location of each of the data sensors;
the computing platform is further operable to designate locations in an electronic spreadsheet based on the identified geographical locations of the plurality of data sensors to display at the designated locations in the electronic spreadsheet at least one of the data from the plurality of sensors and a value calculated from the data from one or more of the plurality of sensors; andwherein the computing platform conveys to a user, via the electronic spreadsheet, a display of the at least one data at one of the designated locations in the electronic spreadsheet to indicate the geographical location of at least one of the data sensors. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving data from a plurality of sensors; means for determining a geographical location of each of the plurality of sensors; means for determining locations in an electronic spreadsheet based on the determined geographical locations of the plurality of sensors such that one or more of at least a portion of the data from each of the plurality of sensors and a value calculated from the data from one or more of the plurality of sensors is operable to be displayed in one or more of the determined locations in the electronic spreadsheet; and means for providing a display in the electronic spreadsheet to a user at least one of the data portions inserted in one of the determined spreadsheet locations, wherein the display indicates the geographical location of one of the plurality of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer readable medium on which is embedded a program, the program performing a method, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a data source; determining a geographical location of the data source; determining a location in an electronic spreadsheet for placing at least a portion of the data, wherein the determined spreadsheet location is based on the determined geographical location of the data source; inserting the data portion in the electronic spreadsheet at the determined location; and displaying the electronic spreadsheet to a user, wherein the electronic spreadsheet indicates the geographical location of the data source from a display of the data pardon inserted at the determined spreadsheet location. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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