Patents by Inventor Michael Du Plessis

Michael Du Plessis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Spread cell value visualization
    Patent number: 9836444
    Abstract: As disclosed herein, a method for visualizing a spread function corresponding to a data table includes receiving a set of user selected cells selected by a user that correspond to a data table, enabling the user to select a spread command from a set of available spread commands, executing the selected spread command on the set of user selected cells to provide a set of adjusted cells, displaying an interactive visualization to the user corresponding to the set of adjusted cells, and providing a data table corresponding to the set of adjusted cells. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, Michael Du Plessis, Alireza Pourshahid, Maria Gabriela Sanches
  • SPREAD CELL VALUE VISUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20170169005
    Abstract: As disclosed herein, a method for visualizing a spread function corresponding to a data table includes receiving a set of user selected cells selected by a user that correspond to a data table, enabling the user to select a spread command from a set of available spread commands, executing the selected spread command on the set of user selected cells to provide a set of adjusted cells, displaying an interactive visualization to the user corresponding to the set of adjusted cells, and providing a data table corresponding to the set of adjusted cells. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, Michael Du Plessis, Alireza Pourshahid, Maria Gabriela Sanches