Patent ID: 7467350
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In an electronic multidimensional spreadsheet comprising a plurality of cells identified by a cell address along each dimension of the spreadsheet, a method for copying and pasting displayed elements from a source range of cells onto a destination range of cells, an element comprising at least one cell along a spreadsheet dimension, the method comprising: (A) detecting a command for copying at least one displayed element from a selected source range of cells onto a selected destination range of cells, wherein each element of the selected range of cells is associated with a corresponding display focus level that is one of a set of display focus levels arranged as a list of ordered levels, wherein the set of focus levels reflects a user defined display hierarchy, wherein the association between the element of the selected range of cells and the corresponding display focus level depends on cell content within the element and a cell content criteria associated with the display focus level; (B) identifying the selected source range of cells; (C) identifying the at least one displayed element in the selected source range of cells; (D) identifying at least one hidden element in the selected source range of cells; (E) copying the displayed element and hidden element onto a temporary range of cells, wherein the copying further comprises for each element of the temporary range of cells copied from a displayed element of the source range of cells and for each cell of the copied element: (F) copying the temporary range of cells onto the destination range of cells.