Patent ID: 9600462
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for combining tabular data, the method comprising the actions of: receiving a request to combine tabular data of a first table with tabular data of a second table; creating a profile for the second table indicating organization of types of data within the second table, wherein the profile associates each data element of the second table with descriptive values including at least a font used for a particular column or row of the second table; determining, by one or more computer processors, a placement for at least one data element of the tabular data of the first table, into the second table, such that the placement agrees, to at least a specified confidence level, with the organization of types of data within the second table as indicated by the descriptive values of the profile; automatically rearranging, by one or more processors, the tabular data of the first table to match the profile of the tabular data of the second table according to the organization of types of data within the second table, such that a rearranged column or row of the first table aligns with a placement of the particular column or row of the second table based on a font; displaying the rearranged tabular data of the first table; and subsequent to receiving an indication of a profile of the rearranged tabular data of the first table matches the profile of the second table, adding the at least one data element to the second table based on the determined placement, wherein a font of the at least one data element matches a font of a particular column or row of the determined placement.