Patents by Inventor Roy Simkhay

Roy Simkhay 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: 9792273
    Abstract: A spreadsheet application or other application supporting formulaic cells that automatically provides support for a number of diverse formulaic functions. The automatically provided diverse formulaic functions include a function returning the value of the formula logic if the logic can be evaluated without an error. Another function finds a value in a formulaic cell that is in the same row as a particular value from the first column and the same column as a particular value in the first row. Other functions allow a selection of a set of multiple lookup rows and columns for matching the values used as variables in the function. The spreadsheet application is further configured to automatically supply other functions in addition to those described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Simkhay, Charles D. Ellis, Alexander Babanov, David F. Gainer, Daniel P. Cory, Matthew J. Androski, Andrew J. Becker, Jeremy R. Pankratz, Monica McAmis, Simon Loftus Peyton Jones
  • Publication number: 20140229813
    Abstract: A spreadsheet application or other application supporting formulaic cells that automatically provides support for a number of diverse formulaic functions. The automatically provided diverse formulaic functions include a function returning the value of the formula logic if the logic can be evaluated without an error. Another function finds a value in a formulaic cell that is in the same row as a particular value from the first column and the same column as a particular value in the first row. Other functions allow a selection of a set of multiple lookup rows and columns for matching the values used as variables in the function. The spreadsheet application is further configured to automatically supply other functions in addition to those described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roy Simkhay, Charles D. Ellis, Alexander Babanov, David F. Gainer, Daniel P. Cory, Matthew J. Androski, Andrew J. Becker, Jeremy R. Pankratz, Monica McAmis, Simon Loftus Peyton Jones
  • Patent number: 8726143
    Abstract: A spreadsheet application or other application supporting formulaic cells that automatically provides support for a number of diverse formulaic functions. The automatically provided diverse formulaic functions include a function returning the value of the formula logic if the logic can be evaluated without an error. Another function finds a value in a formulaic cell that is in the same row as a particular value from the first column and the same column as a particular value in the first row. Other functions allow a selection of a set of multiple lookup rows and columns for matching the values used as variables in the function. The spreadsheet application is further configured to automatically supply other functions in addition to those described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Simkhay, Charles D. Ellis, Alexander Babanov, David F. Gainer, Daniel P. Cory, Matthew J. Androski, Andrew J. Becker, Jeremy R. Pankratz, Monica McAmis, Simon Loftus Peyton Jones
  • Publication number: 20130339832
    Abstract: Table styles provide a way to format an entire spreadsheet table quickly and easily. According to described implementations, table styles can be created and customized for repeated use in a spreadsheet application. As a result, a user does not have to manually modify multiple formatting options for each table included in one or more spreadsheets. A graphical user interface is also described that provides simple user access to existing table styles that can be modified according to the user's requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Simkhay, David F. Gainer, Tom J. Hoke, Benjamin C. Chamberlain, Paavany Jayanty, Charles D. Ellis
  • Patent number: 8549392
    Abstract: Table styles provide a way to format an entire spreadsheet table quickly and easily. According to described implementations, table styles can be created and customized for repeated use in a spreadsheet application. As a result, a user does not have to manually modify multiple formatting options for each table included in one or more spreadsheets. A graphical user interface is also described that provides simple user access to existing table styles that can be modified according to the user's requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Simkhay, David F. Gainer, Tom J. Hoke, Benjamin C. Chamberlain, Paavany Jayanty, Charles D. Ellis
  • Publication number: 20070050699
    Abstract: Table styles provide a way to format an entire spreadsheet table quickly and easily. According to described implementations, table styles can be created and customized for repeated use in a spreadsheet application. As a result, a user does not have to manually modify multiple formatting options for each table included in one or more spreadsheets. A graphical user interface is also described that provides simple user access to existing table styles that can be modified according to the user's requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Simkhay, David Gainer, Tom Hoke, Benjamin Chamberlain, Paavany Jayanty, Charles Ellis
  • Publication number: 20070050700
    Abstract: Spreadsheets are subdivided into formattable table elements that may include multiple table cells so that the multiple table cells can be formatted as a single element. As such, a gradient format can be applied across the range of multiple table cells instead of to individual table cells. A format property can be applied to a spreadsheet table to provide alternating table element formats that are automatically updated when cells or formattable table elements are added, deleted, hidden, shown or moved. As a result, when a table modification is made, the alternating format of the table is updated before the table is rendered on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Simkhay, David Gainer, Tom Hoke, Benjamin Chamberlain, Paavany Jayanty, Charles Ellis
  • Publication number: 20060161844
    Abstract: A spreadsheet application or other application supporting formulaic cells that automatically provides support for a number of diverse formulaic functions. The automatically provided diverse formulaic functions include a function returning the value of the formula logic if the logic can be evaluated without an error. Another function finds a value in a formulaic cell that is in the same row as a particular value from the first column and the same column as a particular value in the first row. Other functions allow a selection of a set of multiple lookup rows and columns for matching the values used as variables in the function. The spreadsheet application is further configured to automatically supply other functions in addition to those described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Simkhay, Charles Ellis, Alexander Babanov, David Gainer, Daniel Cory, Matthew Androski, Andrew Becker, Jeremy Pankratz, Monica McAmis, Simon Jones