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System and method for accessing rich objects via spreadsheets

  • US 9,880,993 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2016
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing access to a data object from within a spreadsheet included in a spreadsheet application, the method comprising:

  • receiving a user input from a first cell of the spreadsheet;

    using a first computer, associating, in response to receiving the user input from the first cell of the spreadsheet, a data object with the first cell of the spreadsheet, wherein the data object is determined from a plurality of data objects based on the user input, wherein the data object is related to two or more parameters, and the first cell is identified by a first cell reference in a computer display device coupled to the first computer;

    receiving a first input for a second cell of the spreadsheet, wherein the first input includes a portion of an expression that specifies the first cell reference identifying the first cell;

    in response to receiving the first input for the second cell in the spreadsheet and that includes the portion of the expression that specifies the first cell reference identifying the first cell, retrieving the two or more parameters related to the data object of the first cell as suggestions;

    receiving a second input indicating that a particular suggestion was selected from the two or more parameters;

    querying a database, stored at a second computer, to obtain a value for the particular suggestion in relation to the data object and causing displaying the value in the second cell.

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