Patent ID: 9424244
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for data filtering comprising: displaying on a display device a cell set comprising data of a common data type, displaying a first filter icon within a first cell of the cell set and a second filter icon within a second cell of the cell set, the first cell comprising a first cell entry and the second cell comprising a second cell entry, wherein the first filter icon filters based on the first cell entry and the second filter icon filters based on the second cell entry, displaying a filter dialog in response to the selection of one of the first filter icon or second filter icon by the user, wherein the filter dialog is populated automatically with the first cell entry in response to selection of the first filter icon and populated automatically with the second cell entry in response to selection of the second filter icon, and applying a filter to the cell set in response to selection of the first filter icon by a user, wherein the filter is based on the first cell entry.