Patents by Inventor Gilbert Karbach

Gilbert Karbach 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).

  • Methods, apparatus, systems and computer readable mediums for use in association with electronic spreadsheets
    Patent number: 9069747
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: providing an electronic spreadsheet having a plurality of cells arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; receiving information defining a plurality of items, each of the plurality of items representing a respective set of data usable in populating at least a portion of the plurality of cells of the electronic spreadsheet, at least one of the plurality of items including a table having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; associating each of the plurality of items with a respective location in the electronic spreadsheet; associating each of the plurality of items with a respective position in a stack, each of the plurality of items being able to be associated with any position in the stack; and rendering the electronic spreadsheet in accordance with the information defining the plurality of items, the respective location associated with each item and the respective stack position associated with each item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Thorsten Ueberschaer, Gilbert Karbach
  • METHODS, APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMS FOR USE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEETS
    Publication number: 20120054591
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: providing an electronic spreadsheet having a plurality of cells arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; receiving information defining a plurality of items, each of the plurality of items representing a respective set of data usable in populating at least a portion of the plurality of cells of the electronic spreadsheet, at least one of the plurality of items including a table having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; associating each of the plurality of items with a respective location in the electronic spreadsheet; associating each of the plurality of items with a respective position in a stack, each of the plurality of items being able to be associated with any position in the stack; and rendering the electronic spreadsheet in accordance with the information defining the plurality of items, the respective location associated with each item and the respective stack position associated with each item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Thorsten Ueberschaer, Gilbert Karbach