Patent ID: 7594165
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method in a data processing system, which includes a processor, for using a web browser to convert an entire HTML table in a web page to a spreadsheet in the web page, the method comprising: receiving, by a table analysis program that is being executed by the processor, the web page, wherein the web page includes the entire HTML table, and further wherein the entire HTML table includes a plurality of table headings and a plurality of pieces of data, and still further wherein each piece of said plurality of pieces of data is preceded by an HTML tag; displaying the entire HTML table in the web page in a web browser window; analyzing the web page for tables in response to receiving the web page, wherein the entire HTML table is found as a result of the analysis of the web page; after finding the entire HTML table, converting the entire HTML table to a spreadsheet by mapping the plurality of table headings and the plurality of pieces of data to a spreadsheet template, wherein converting the entire HTML table to the spreadsheet occurs only as a result of the receipt of the web page; displaying the spreadsheet in the web page browser window, wherein the spreadsheet in the web page replaces the entire HTML table in the web page; and providing a web browser plug-in that includes the table analysis program, a table conversion program, a spreadsheet modification program, a spreadsheet configuration program, a configuration table engine, and a configurable table template.