Patents by Inventor Steven Paul Kraynak

Steven Paul Kraynak 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).

  • Patent number: 9772988
    Abstract: Spreadsheets include cells arranged in rows and columns and various formulas contained within one or more of the cells. Systems and methods are provided for identifying and utilizing functionally unique formulas within the spreadsheets, as well as corresponding unique formula sets. Unique formula sets are identified by determining one or more arrangements of rectangular ranges of contiguous cells that contain the functionally unique formulas. The unique formula sets can be marked for subsequent reference and can be highlighted for visual inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Paul Kraynak, Mark Alan Mullins
  • Publication number: 20160253307
    Abstract: Spreadsheets include cells arranged in rows and columns and various formulas contained within one or more of the cells. Systems and methods are provided for identifying and utilizing functionally unique formulas within the spreadsheets, as well as corresponding unique formula sets. Unique formula sets are identified by determining one or more arrangements of rectangular ranges of contiguous cells that contain the functionally unique formulas. The unique formula sets can be marked for subsequent reference and can be highlighted for visual inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Paul Kraynak, Mark Alan Mullins
  • Publication number: 20150120748
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for extracting and/or calculating statistics regarding attributes present in a spreadsheet document and indexing the structural or functional attributes. A search component is also provided for receiving search queries of attributes to search an index to find spreadsheet documents having attributes that meet the search query requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Paul Kraynak, Anatoly V. Grabar, Ozgur Basaran, Mark Alan Mullins, Leif Christian Brenne