Christopher P Gross, 43787 W Desert Seasons Dr, San Tan Valley, AZ 85143

2022018, Jun 16, 2022

Dec 10, 2020

17/118187

- Redmond WA, US
Christopher John Gross - Seattle WA, US
Joseph Mcdaid - Seattle WA, US
Andrew James Becker - Saxapahaw NC, US

G06F 40/18
G06F 16/93

A formula abstraction system is described. The system includes detecting a user-generated formula in a cell of a spreadsheet document, generating a graphical user interface that queries entries of a custom function based on the user-generated formula, forming the custom function by abstracting the user-generated formula to the custom function based on the entries, and storing the custom function in a function library of the spreadsheet document. The custom function applies the user-generated formula in a user-selected cell of the spreadsheet document.

2019037, Dec 12, 2019

Aug 22, 2019

16/548018

- Redmond WA, US
Christopher Gross - Seattle WA, US
Joseph McDaid - Seattle WA, US
Johnny Campbell - Woodinville WA, US

G06F 17/24

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for interacting with data in a productivity application are presented. A plurality of values associated with the productivity application may be analyzed to determine whether they include a value that can be added to a set comprising a plurality of values with a set data type upon which the productivity application can execute a plurality of set operations. An indication to add at least one of the analyzed values as a member of the set may be received. At least one of the analyzed values may be added as a member of the set. An indication to perform a set operation associated with the set may be received and performed, and the result of the performed set operation may be displayed on a productivity application user interface.

2019025, Aug 15, 2019

Feb 9, 2018

15/893310

- Redmond WA, US
Christopher Gross - Seattle WA, US
Joseph McDaid - Seattle WA, US
Johnny Campbell - Woodinville WA, US

G06F 17/24

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for interacting with data in a productivity application are presented. A plurality of values associated with the productivity application may be analyzed to determine whether they include a value that can be added to a set comprising a plurality of values with a set data type upon which the productivity application can execute a plurality of set operations. An indication to add at least one of the analyzed values as a member of the set may be received. At least one of the analyzed values may be added as a member of the set. An indication to perform a set operation associated with the set may be received and performed, and the result of the performed set operation may be displayed on a productivity application user interface.

2018029, Oct 11, 2018

Apr 7, 2017

15/481865

- Redmond WA, US
Ehab Sobhy Deraz - Bellevue WA, US
Christopher John Gross - Seattle WA, US

H04L 29/06
G06F 21/31
H04L 29/08

The techniques described herein facilitate proactively discovery of remote micro-services by spreadsheet applications, e.g., Microsoft Excel. In an implementation, a method of operating a spreadsheet application to proactively discover remote micro-services based on credential information is disclosed. The method includes identifying the credential information associated with a user of the spreadsheet application responsive to detecting a micro-service updating event and proactively discovering one or more micro-services that are available to the user of the spreadsheet application through a cloud service platform based on the credential information. The method further includes persisting a list including the one or more micro-services that are available to the user of the spreadsheet application based on the credentials.

2018029, Oct 11, 2018

Apr 7, 2017

15/481998

- Redmond WA, US
Carlos Augusto Otero - Seattle WA, US
Annie Colonna - Seattle WA, US
Christopher John Gross - Seattle WA, US

H04L 29/08
G06F 17/24

The techniques described herein facilitate supporting remote micro-services from cloud-based analytics platforms as native functions in spreadsheet applications, e.g., Microsoft Excel. In an implementation, a method of supporting remote micro-services as native functions in a spreadsheet application is disclosed. The method includes accessing a listing identifying at least one micro-service that is available for use by a user of a spreadsheet application. The at least one micro-service is remotely located in a cloud service platform. The method further includes obtaining a schema associated with the at least one remote micro-service, generating a translation model based on the schema, and registering the skeleton spreadsheet function as a native function in the spreadsheet application. The translation model maps between the at least one remote micro-service and a skeleton spreadsheet function.

2017028, Oct 5, 2017

Jun 9, 2017

15/618553

- Redmond WA, US
Benjamin E. Rampson - WOODINVILLE WA, US
Nickolas D. Welton - SEATTLE WA, US
Christopher J. Gross - REDMOND WA, US
Michael G. Davenport - SEATTLE WA, US
Martin R. Calsyn - SEATTLE WA, US
Catalin I. Tomai - SEATTLE WA, US
Andrew G. Carlson - REDMOND WA, US

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC - REDMOND WA

H04L 29/08
G06F 17/30

Techniques to manage state information for a web service are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, and an application program for execution by the processor circuit to provide a set of operations to modify a state of a network resource provided by a network service. The application program may comprise a state manager component arranged to record state information for the network resource provided by the network service as state changes occur to the network resource during a first communication session, and store a resource identifier and associated state information for the network resource in a state database, the state information for use in automatically reproducing a state of the network resource during a second communication session. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

2016004, Feb 11, 2016

Aug 6, 2014

14/453086

- Redmond WA, US
Poornima Hanumara - Seattle WA, US
Christopher John Gross - Redmond WA, US
Anupam Garg - Sammamish WA, US
Kevin Lane Brown - Woodinville WA, US

G06F 17/30

Technologies are described herein for leveraging data searches in documents. The technologies disclosed herein may be utilized to search one or more data stores to retrieve metadata relating to data entered in a document. The metadata may be used to identify relationships between the data or to identify other aspects of the data. The metadata may also be used to organize the data into a format such as a pivot table or chart.

2016001, Jan 14, 2016

Jul 14, 2014

14/330337

- Redmond WA, US
Nickolas Dwayne Welton - Seattle WA, US
Christopher John Gross - Redmond WA, US
Poornima Hanumara - Seattle WA, US
Andrew Grey Carlson - Redmond WA, US

G06F 17/30

Technologies are described herein for providing visualization suggestions. In order to provide a visualization suggestion, visualized data may be received. The visualized data may have profile data associated therewith and have at least one data connection to a data source associated therewith. Prior visualization information related to the profile data or the data connection may then be identified such that a visualization suggestion based on the identified prior visualization information can be determined. The visualization suggestion may then be returned to a client.