Patents by Inventor Steven Richard Broshar

Steven Richard Broshar 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).

  • Spreadsheet user-interface for an enterprise planning system having multi-dimensional data store
    Patent number: 7213199
    Abstract: A spreadsheet environment is utilized to interact with a multidimensional data store associated with the enterprise planning session. In general, a conventional spreadsheet application is extended to provide additional functionality for interacting with the multidimensional data store maintained by the enterprise planning system. Instances of the extended spreadsheet application execute on a client computing device, and present a user with a two-dimensional representation of a portion of the multidimensional data store. For example, the extended spreadsheet application may present user with a workbook that includes one or more worksheets within which the user may view and update his planning data. In this manner, the extended spreadsheet application functions as an interface between two-dimensional worksheets maintained by the computing devices and the multidimensional data store maintained by the enterprise planning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Cognos Incorporated
    Inventors: Brian Scott Humenansky, Michael Lyle Giles, Leonard Roy Oppenheimer, Clarence Anthony Aschenbrener, Steven Richard Broshar