Patents by Inventor James M. Geisler

James M. Geisler 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).

  • Evaluation of formulas via modal attributes
    Patent number: 10409890
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed in which a process generates, receives, or both, via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a spreadsheet application, an evaluation statement. The evaluation statement includes a cell identifier, and the cell identifier specifies a modal reference cell that provides an indication of a modal attribute to be used in the evaluation statement. The indication of the modal attribute comprises a textual indicator related to the modal attribute, but has a format that is different than the modal attribute. The process evaluates the textual indicator to be used by the evaluation statement to determine a corresponding modal attribute and calculates a solution to the evaluation statement using the corresponding modal attribute as the modal attribute of the evaluation statement. The process displays the solution via the GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Geisler, Edward P. Hogan, Zachariah N. Paine
  • EVALUATION OF FORMULAS VIA MODAL ATTRIBUTES
    Publication number: 20190205359
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed in which a process generates, receives, or both, via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a spreadsheet application, an evaluation statement. The evaluation statement includes a cell identifier, and the cell identifier specifies a modal reference cell that provides an indication of a modal attribute to be used in the evaluation statement. The indication of the modal attribute comprises a textual indicator related to the modal attribute, but has a format that is different than the modal attribute. The process evaluates the textual indicator to be used by the evaluation statement to determine a corresponding modal attribute and calculates a solution to the evaluation statement using the corresponding modal attribute as the modal attribute of the evaluation statement. The process displays the solution via the GUI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: James M. Geisler, Edward P. Hogan, Zachariah N. Paine