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Data from web documents in a spreadsheet

  • US 8,239,751 B1
  • Filed: 05/16/2007
  • Issued: 08/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for adding information to a spreadsheet, comprising:

  • on a client system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors;

    displaying a spreadsheet;

    receiving a request to add a cell value to the spreadsheet, the request containing a reference to an object and an attribute;

    generating a query corresponding to the request;

    sending the query to a fact repository;

    receiving the requested cell value from the fact repository, wherein the cell value correspond to a value of a fact, the fact being associated with an object in the fact repository, wherein a respective fact includes an attribute field indicating an attribute and a value field describing the indicated attributes, wherein objects in the fact repository are created by;

    extracting facts from web documents;

    determining entities with which the extracted facts are associated;

    storing the extracted facts in the fact repository; and

    associating the stored extracted facts with objects corresponding to the determined entities;

    inserting the received cell value into the spreadsheet.

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