Patent ID: 7430709
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for facilitating information exchange, comprising: (a) a server that includes at least one database; (b) a client that includes a spreadsheet program and a browser program and that communicates with said server across a network, said spreadsheet program generating at least one spreadsheet having a plurality of data cells; (c) at least one collaborative group that includes a plurality of users, said collaborative group being predefined within said at least one database, each of said plurality of users of said at least one collaborative group having access to said spreadsheet; and (d) at least one link to at least one supporting document contained within said database operatively associated with said spreadsheet; wherein said browser of said client facilitates viewing of said at least one supporting document from a screen view of said spreadsheet; wherein data to be used in rendering a first spreadsheet by said spreadsheet program is determined by a first set of user selections in a toolbar displayed on a screen associated with said client, said first set of user selections defining a first current view, wherein data used to render a second spreadsheet by said spreadsheet program is determined by user changes to said first set of user selections on said toolbar, and wherein unchanged user selections from said first set of user selections are automatically incorporated into a second current view that are determined by said user changes.