US 7,454,471 B2 · Sending a range

Abstract

The invention is a software module configured for sending a pre-selected portion of an electronic spreadsheet document to a mail client or recipient via e-mail. The module includes a publish engine for receiving a sender's pre-selected portion of a spreadsheet document from an application program. The publish engine determines content in the pre-selected portion of the document, and in response to the content of the pre-selected portion, the publish engine changes a user interface to correspond with the content. When the publish engine receives a command through the user interface to send the pre-selected portion to a mail client via electronic mail, the publish engine codes the pre-selected portion for transmission via electronic mail. The publish engine launches an electronic mail application program, and inserts the coded pre-selected portion into an e-mail message. If the publish engine detects a user command through the user interface to apply an interactive control to the pre-selected portion, the publish engine codes an interactive control for the pre-selected portion. The publish engine inserts the coded interactive control into the e-mail message with the coded pre-selected portion so that the mail client or recipient can apply the interactive control to the pre-selected portion. Then, the publish engine sends the coded pre-selected portion and the coded interactive control to the mail client or recipient via electronic mail. The mail client or recipient can view and manipulate the pre-selected portion with electronic spreadsheet functionality similar to that available to the sender.

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Dependent claims

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for automatically sending a pre-selected portion of a document to a recipient, the method comprising:

receiving a pre-selected portion of a document from a first application;
determining content in the pre-selected portion of the document;
and
in response to determining the content, changing a user interface to correspond with the content wherein the user interface comprises a dynamic send command that corresponds to content of the pre-selected portion of the document and changes in response to the content of the pre-selected portion;
receiving a command to send the pre-selected portion of the document to a recipient via electronic mail;
in response to receiving the command to send the pre-selected portion of the document,
coding the pre-selected portion of the document for transmission via electronic mail;
launching an electronic mail application program, and
inserting the coded pre-selected portion of the document into an e-mail message;
detecting a command to apply an interactive control to the pre-selected portion of the document;
in response to receiving a command to apply an interactive control to the pre-selected portion,
coding an interactive control for the pre-selected portion, and
inserting the coded interactive control into the e-mail message with the coded pre-selected portion of the document so that the recipient can apply the interactive control to the pre-selected portion without opening the first application;
and
sending the coded pre-selected portion of the document and the interactive control to the recipient via electronic mail.

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A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for automatically sending a pre-selected portion of a spreadsheet document to a recipient, the method comprising:

receiving a pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document from a spreadsheet application;
determining content in the pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document;
and
in response to determining the content, changing a user interface to correspond with the content wherein the user interface comprises a dynamic send command that corresponds to content of the pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document and changes in response to the content of the pre-selected portion;
receiving a command through a user interface to send the pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document to a recipient via electronic mail;
in response to receiving the command to send the pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document,
coding the pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document for transmission via electronic mail,
launching an electronic mail application program, and
inserting the coded pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document into an e-mail message;
detecting a command to apply an interactive control to the pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document;
in response to receiving a command to apply an interactive control to the pre-selected portion,
coding an interactive control for the pre-selected portion, and
inserting the coded interactive control into the e-mail message with the coded pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document so that the recipient can apply the interactive control to the pre-selected portion without opening the spreadsheet application;
and
sending the coded pre-selected portion of the spreadsheet document and the interactive control to the recipient via electronic mail.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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