Patent ID: 9652446
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of automatically modifying a computerized information display, the method comprising: detecting, by a computing device, that a trigger has been activated, wherein the trigger indicates an updated row in a spreadsheet, and wherein the updated row is at a first indent level; identifying, by the computing device, a set of peer rows of the updated row, wherein identifying the set of peer rows of the updated row comprises: determining at least two existing rows of the spreadsheet other than the updated row that are also at the first indent level and are separated from each other by at least one row at a different indent level; comparing at least one of row-level formatting, cell-level formatting, and formulas of the at least two existing rows to each other; and in response to determining that at least one of the row-level-formatting, cell-level formatting, and formulas of the at least two existing rows match, designating the at least two existing rows as an identified set of peer rows of the updated row; and modifying, by the computing device, the updated row based on at least one of a formula or formatting from the identified set of peer rows of the updated row.