Patent Document ID: 9042653
Application ID: 13012718
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for using captured image data with a spreadsheet, comprising: receiving a captured image; wherein the captured image includes optically recognizable data comprising characters; obtaining data from the captured image; wherein at least a portion of the data obtained are characters; updating an existing spreadsheet with the data from the captured image when it is determined that the data from the captured image is associated with the existing spreadsheet; wherein updating the existing spreadsheet comprises matching the data from the captured image with data within at least one cell of the existing spreadsheet and, if the data from the captured image and the data within the at least one cell of the existing spreadsheet are different, replacing the data within the at least one cell of the existing spreadsheet with the data from the captured image; and associating the data from the captured image with another spreadsheet when it is determined that the data from the captured image is not associated with the existing spreadsheet; wherein associating the data from the captured image comprises placing the data from the captured image within at least one empty cell of the other spreadsheet.