Patents by Inventor John R. H. Misko

John R. H. Misko 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).

  • Automatic spreadsheet forms
    Patent number: 5966716
    Abstract: A method of entering and saving data using a spreadsheet program, includes providing a spreadsheet template that defines a spreadsheet form, and creating multiple instances of the spreadsheet form defined by the spreadsheet template. Each instance of the spreadsheet form has data-entry cells containing variable data. The method includes a step of associating each form instance with a different record of a database, wherein each database record has record fields corresponding respectively to data-entry cells of the form instances. When the user saves a particular form instance as a spreadsheet using the spreadsheet program, instructions associated with the form instance also save the variable data from the data-entry cells in corresponding record fields of an associated database record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ross W. Comer, John R. H. Misko, Troy L. Link
  • Automatic Spreadsheet forms
    Patent number: 5819293
    Abstract: A method of entering and saving data using a spreadsheet program, includes providing a spreadsheet template that defines a spreadsheet form, and creating multiple instances of the spreadsheet form defined by the spreadsheet template. Each instance of the spreadsheet form has data-entry cells containing variable data. The method includes a step of associating each form instance with a different record of a database, wherein each database record has record fields corresponding respectively to data-entry cells of the form instances. When the user saves a particular form instance as a spreadsheet using the spreadsheet program, instructions associated with the form instance also save the variable data from the data-entry cells in corresponding record fields of an associated database record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ross W. Comer, John R. H. Misko, Troy L. Link