Patent ID: 8595610
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of manipulating a collection of data including a plurality of records having values assigned to different fields, each field corresponding to an attribute of the data, the method comprising: importing the data into an application that displays the data; generating a first table via the application, the first table including content which summarizes at least a portion of the data based on one or more of the fields; generating a second table from the first table, responsive to a user of the application checking out the first table by selecting a check-out option in the application; modifying content of the second table independent of the first table, such that modifications made to the content of the second table are not incorporated into the imported data or into the first table while the first table remains checked out; and automatically revising the data imported into the application, responsive to the user checking in the first table by selecting a check-in option in the application, wherein said revising is based on the modifications made to the content of the second table so that the data imported into the application incorporates the modifications.