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Performing server-side and client-side operations on spreadsheets

  • US 9,875,226 B1
  • Filed: 12/20/2013
  • Issued: 01/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for obtaining server-side and client-side calculations performed on a spreadsheet, the method comprising:

  • loading, on a client computer, a spreadsheet stored on a server;

    receiving an input from a user on the client computer, wherein the input causes a calculation of one or more cell values in the spreadsheet;

    performing the calculation of the one or more cell values on the client computer and sending the input to the server to perform the same calculation of the one or more cell values on the server;

    receiving a first result from the calculation performed on the client computer and a second result from the same calculation performed on the server;

    selecting a quicker calculation of the calculation concurrently performed on the client computer and the same calculation performed on the server; and

    displaying in the spreadsheet a result of the selected calculation of the one or more cell values to the user.

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