Grid Data Management

• US 20130073939A1
• Filed: 10/23/2012
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interject Data Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey Dean Honsowetz
• Inventors: Honsowetz, Jeffrey Dean
• Granted Patent: US 9,483,456 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/212
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for managing data in a grid. In one example approach, a method comprises importing data from a data source to a range of cells in a grid, where the range of cells is specified by a notation input associated with the grid, and where the notation input includes a key specifying the data source and security information associated with the data source.

Claims

1. A method for managing data in a grid comprising:

importing data from a data source to a range of cells in the grid, where the range of cells is specified by a notation input associated with the grid, and where the notation input includes a key specifying the data source and security information associated with the data source.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the notation input is associated with an initial cell in the grid and the range of cells includes at least one other cell in the grid different from the initial cell, where the at least one other cell is indicated for a destination of data from the data source.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the notation input is not associated with any cell in the grid.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the key specifying the data source is associated with a network path to the data source.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the notation input references other inputs in cells in the grid different from cells in the range of cells, the other inputs including parameters specifying which data to import from the data source, and/or how the imported data is displayed in the grid.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the parameters specify select data points from the data source to be returned to the grid.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising authenticating a user based on the security information associated with the data source before importing data from the data source.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising authenticating a user based on a separate key in the notation before importing data from the data source.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the grid is provided by a server to a client device over a network and the data source is a remote data source accessed by the server over the network.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to a user input and additional notations entered, provide options for the user to navigate other target grids, and transfer contextual data from the initial grid so data relevant to the contextual data can be imported in a target grid.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to a user input and additional notations entered, allow the user to navigate to other grids for navigation.

12. A method for managing data in a grid comprising:

receiving a notation input associated with the grid, the notation input including a key specifying a data source and security information associated with the data source;

sending an authentication credentials request to a user based on the security information associated with the data source or based on a second key in the notation input;

in response to a receipt of authentication credentials from the user, importing data from the data source to a range of cells in the grid based on the notation input and updating data to the data source in response to a user input.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the data source is an external data source and the method further comprises, in response to a receipt of authentication credentials from the user, sending the authentication credentials to the external data source before importing data from the data source to a range of cells in the grid based on the notation input.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

in response to a user input, importing data from the data source to a range of cells in a second grid based on the notation input.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the notation input is associated with an initial cell in the grid and the range of cells includes at least one other cell in the grid different from the initial cell.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the notation input references other inputs in cells in the grid different from cells in the range of cells, the other inputs including parameters specifying which data to import from the data source and/or how the imported data is displayed in the grid.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the parameters specify select data points from the data source to be returned to the grid.

18. A computing device, comprising:

a logic subsystem; and

a data holding subsystem comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by the logic subsystem to;

send a display of a grid to a client device;

receive a notation input associated with the grid from the client device, the notation input including a key specifying an external data source and security information associated with the external data source;

send an authentication credentials request to a user of the client device based on the security information;

in response to a receipt of authentication credentials from the user of the client device, import data from the external data source to a range of cells in the grid, where the range of cells is specified by the notation input.

19. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the notation input is associated with an initial cell in the grid and the range of cells includes at least one other cell in the grid different from the initial cell.

20. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the data holding subsystem comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by the logic subsystem is further configured to, in response to a user event, import data from the external data source to a range of cells in a second grid, where the range of cells in the second grid is specified by the notation input.

21. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the data holding subsystem comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by the logic subsystem is further configured to send updated data to the data source in response to a change in input in a cell in the range of cells.