Patent ID: 7436394

Claim:
A method of importing data arranged in a table on an electronic whiteboard into a spreadsheet displayed in a computer system, the spreadsheet and the table including a plurality of grid cells to contain data and a left-most/top-most grid cell, the method comprising the steps of: drawing the table by activating a row of lights and a column of lights adjacent to the electronic whiteboard to form a grid of cells; enabling a user to enter data into the grid of cells; enabling the user to select a grid cell in the spreadsheet; determining the selected grid cell; importing the data in the table into the spreadsheet; and entering the imported data into the spreadsheet using the selected grid cell as a reference point such that imported data entered in each grid cell of the spreadsheet is in a similar location in relation to data in the selected grid cell as data in each grid cell of the table is in relation to data in the left-most/top-most grid cell of the table.