Patents by Inventor Lakshmi N. Thanu

Lakshmi N. Thanu 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).

  • Collapsing data cells in one or more reports in a spreadsheet
    Patent number: 10133721
    Abstract: Data cells in a spreadsheet report are collapsed and expanded without disrupting other spreadsheet data. A user may want to drill down on data corresponding to a parent member of the report to display more detailed information about the parent member. Likewise, a user may want to drill up the displayed information corresponding to the parent member to hide detailed information associated with the parent member. Before expanding or collapsing a report, the spreadsheet is scanned for information to determine whether the display of other data in the spreadsheet would be disrupted by the expansion/collapse. The information may include cross join information associated with the parent member, the number of child members associated with the parent member, the dimension of the report created by the parent member and the associated child members, and other reports that may be linked to the report that includes the parent member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Lakshmi N. Thanu, Peter Eberhardy, Dylan Hai Huang, Xiaohong Mark Yang
  • METHOD FOR EXPANDING AND COLLAPSING DATA CELLS IN A SPREADSHEET REPORT
    Publication number: 20130290823
    Abstract: Data cells in a spreadsheet report are collapsed and expanded without disrupting other spreadsheet data. A user may want to drill down on data corresponding to a parent member of the report to display more detailed information about the parent member. Likewise, a user may want to drill up the displayed information corresponding to the parent member to hide detailed information associated with the parent member. Before expanding or collapsing a report, the spreadsheet is scanned for information to determine whether the display of other data in the spreadsheet would be disrupted by the expansion/collapse. The information may include cross join information associated with the parent member, the number of child members associated with the parent member, the dimension of the report created by the parent member and the associated child members, and other reports that may be linked to the report that includes the parent member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Lakshmi N. Thanu, Peter Eberhardy, Dylan Hai Huang, Xiaohong Mark Yang
  • Method for expanding and collapsing data cells in a spreadsheet report
    Patent number: 8473837
    Abstract: Data cells in a spreadsheet report are collapsed and expanded without disrupting other spreadsheet data. A user may want to drill down on data corresponding to a parent member of the report to display more detailed information about the parent member. Likewise, a user may want to drill up the displayed information corresponding to the parent member to hide detailed information associated with the parent member. Before expanding or collapsing a report, the spreadsheet is scanned for information to determine whether the display of other data in the spreadsheet would be disrupted by the expansion/collapse. The information may include cross-join information associated with the parent member, the number of child members associated with the parent member, the dimension of the report created by the parent member and the associated child members, and other reports that may be linked to the report that includes the parent member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lakshmi N. Thanu, Peter Eberhardy, Dylan Hai Huang, Xiaohong Mark Yang
  • METHOD FOR EXPANDING AND COLLAPSING DATA CELLS IN A SPREADSHEET REPORT
    Publication number: 20100293449
    Abstract: Data cells in a spreadsheet report are collapsed and expanded without disrupting other spreadsheet data. A user may want to drill down on data corresponding to a parent member of the report to display more detailed information about the parent member. Likewise, a user may want to drill up the displayed information corresponding to the parent member to hide detailed information associated with the parent member. Before expanding or collapsing a report, the spreadsheet is scanned for information to determine whether the display of other data in the spreadsheet would be disrupted by the expansion/collapse. The information may include cross-join information associated with the parent member, the number of child members associated with the parent member, the dimension of the report created by the parent member and the associated child members, and other reports that may be linked to the report that includes the parent member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lakshmi N. Thanu, Peter Eberhardy, Dylan Hai Huang, Xiaohong Mark Yang