System and method for providing calculation web services for online documents

• US 9,171,099 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2012
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Prish, Shahar, Waldman, Lawrence, Battagin, Daniel, Simmons, Jon Garret
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazaro, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khurshid, Zia
• Application Number:
  US13/570,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20130198323A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,175 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 707/10, 707/101
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for providing additional functionality, including web functionality, to one or more online documents. Specifically, embodiments described herein include receiving a selection of a range of data to be used in a web extension and binding the selection of the range of data to the web extension. Once the data is bound, the binding is stored in a remote computing device. In response to the detection of the interaction with the bound range of data, the bound range of data is sent to the remote computing device where the bound range of data is updated based on the interaction. The updated data is then sent to the web extension to enable the web extension to be updated with the newly received data.

Claims

1. A method for updating a web extension of an online document, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of a range of data within the online document to be used in the web extension;

binding the selected range of data to the web extension;

storing the binding in a remote computing device; and

in response to a detected interaction with the selected range of data;

sending the selected range of data to the remote computing device; and

sending an updated range of data to the online document such that the web extension is updated to display information corresponding to the updated range of data, wherein the updated range of data is updated based on the detected interaction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the online document is an online spreadsheet document.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the range of data is sent to the remote computing device in response to a request received from the remote computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending one or more settings associated with the web extension to the computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote computing device is a server.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising pausing additional calculations when the range of data is sent to the remote computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the web extension comprises updating the web extension with one or more settings associated with the web extension.

8. A method for creating a user specified function for an online document, the method comprising:

enabling creation of a user specified function on data in the online document;

registering the user specified function, wherein registering the user specified function comprises binding the function to an identifier;

storing the identifier in a remote computing device; and

in response to the identifier being accessed;

sending data in the online document to the remote computing device;

receiving updated data from the remote computing device, wherein the updated data is based, at least in part, on the user specified function; and

updating the online document based on the updated data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the remote computing device is a server.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the online document is an online spreadsheet document.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising pausing additional calculations when the data in the online document is sent to the remote computing device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein updating the online document comprises updating the online document with one or more settings associated with the user specified function.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein binding the function to an identifier includes associating a token with the function and embedding the token in one of:

(i) a browser that displays the online document, or (ii) the online document.

14. A computer storage device encoding computer executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, perform a method for updating a web extension of an online document, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of a range of data within the online document to be used in the web extension;

binding the selected range of data to the web extension;

storing the binding in a remote computing device; and

in response to a detected interaction with the selected range of data;

sending the selected range of data to the remote computing device; and

sending an updated range of data to the online document such that the web extension is updated to display information corresponding to the updated range of data, wherein the updated range of data is updated based on the detected interaction.

15. The computer storage device of claim 14, wherein the online document is an online spreadsheet document.

16. The computer storage device of claim 14, wherein the range of data is sent to the remote computing device in response to a request received from the remote computing device.

17. The computer storage device of claim 14, further comprising sending one or more settings associated with the web extension to the computing device.

18. The computer storage device of claim 14, wherein the remote computing device is a server.

19. The computer storage device of claim 14, further comprising pausing additional calculations when the range of data is sent to the remote computing device.

20. The computer storage device of claim 14, wherein updating the web extension comprises updating the web extension with one or more settings associated with the web extension.