Patent ID: 6859907
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An electronic spreadsheet having a plurality of cells, the improvement comprising: a single method object, adapted to be instantiated in at least one of the spreadsheet cells, and adapted to provide internal data storage and a single member function, the single member function being adapted to access internal data stored in the single method object and return a single value, the internal data stored in the single method object not being displayed until a spreadsheet cell in which the object is instantiated is selected by a user; a single data display buffer, the data contents of which are displayed under a partially transparent spreadsheet grid; and means for selectively displaying the internal data of the single method object in the single data display buffer by selecting a spreadsheet cell in which the single method object is instantiated, the internal data of only one single method object being displayed at one time under the partially transparent spreadsheet grid.