Patents by Inventor Shing-Ming Chen

Shing-Ming Chen 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).

  • Publication number: 20020174141
    Abstract: An efficient method and system, which uses a Key Identifier (Key-ID), Region Identifier (Region-ID) and Cell Collection Expression (CCE) to establish a spreadsheet software base for automated data manipulation within an electronic spreadsheet program or the like. A Key-ID is either part of or the entire content of a cell or group of cells drawn from an existing spreadsheet database or inserted into the database by manual prior art spreadsheet data operations or through simple programming. The purpose of the Key-ID is to organize and separate spreadsheet data into manageable data sets of similar construct. The Region-ID is used to specify the region containing the Key-ID and is defined using the Row or Column Identifier (RC-ID) and optional Identifiers-Sheet Identifier, File Identifier, Directory Identifier. The CCE represents or identifies the cell(s) containing the Key-ID within a region of interest specified by the Region-ID and is composed of CCE elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventor: Shing-Ming Chen