US 8,619,090 B2Granted

Text import tool for a technical computing environment

AssigneeThe MathWorks, Inc.

InventorsRichard A. Spada, James G. Owen, Felix Alvarez, Robert I. Jacobs, Abigail S. Skofield, Arun Koushik Parthasarathy, Claudia G. Wey

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Abstract

A device receives text that includes data values, and parses the text to identify data types associated with the data values. The device generates, based on the data values and the data types, a graphical representation of the text that includes data cells corresponding to the data values, and provides the graphical representation for display. The device receives one or more selections of one or more data cells in the graphical representation, stores the one or more selections as a selection history, and provides the selection history for display.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving text that includes data values,
the receiving the text being performed by a device;
parsing the text to identify data types associated with the data values,
the parsing the text being performed by the device;
generating, based on the data values and the data types, a graphical representation of the text that includes data cells corresponding to the data values,
the generating the graphical representation being performed by the device;
providing the graphical representation for display,
the providing the graphical representation for display being performed by the device;
receiving one or more selections of one or more data cells in the graphical representation,
the receiving the one or more selections being performed by the device;
storing the one or more selections in a selection history,
the selection history storing a plurality of selections,
the plurality of selections including the one or more selections and one or more other selections received prior to receiving the one or more selections, and
the storing the one or more selections being performed by the device;
providing the selection history for display,
the providing the selection history for display being performed by the device;
receiving a selection of a particular selection, of the plurality of selections, from the selection history,
the receiving the selection being performed by the device;
identifying one or more data cells associated with the particular selection in the graphical representation,
the identifying the one or more data cells being performed by the device;
receiving an instruction to import the particular selection to a technical computing environment,
the receiving the instruction being performed by the device;
highlighting, based on the instruction, only the one or more data cells, associated with the particular selection, in the graphical representation,
the one or more data cells being associated with the data types, and
the highlighting only the one or more data cells being performed by the device;
generating a data container associated with the technical computing environment, based on the particular selection and the data types associated with the one or more data cells of the particular selection,
the generating the data container being performed by the device;
and
providing the data container to the technical computing environment,
the providing the data container being performed by the device.

27 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to:
receive text that includes data values,
convert the text to identify data types associated with the data values,
generate, based on the data values and the data types, a graphical representation of the text that includes data cells corresponding to the data values,
provide the graphical representation for display,
receive one or more selections of one or more data cells in the graphical representation,
store the one or more selections as a selection history,
the selection history storing a plurality of selections, and
the plurality of selections including the one or more selections and one or more other selections received prior to receiving the one or more selections,
provide the selection history for display,
receive a selection of a particular selection, of the plurality of selections, from the selection history,
identify one or more data cells associated with the particular selection in the graphical representation,
receive an instruction to import the particular selection to a technical computing environment,
highlight, based on the instruction, only the one or more data cells associated with the particular selection in the graphical representation,
the one or more data cells being associated with the data types,
generate a data container associated with the technical computing environment, based on the particular selection and the data types associated with the one or more data cells of the particular selection, and
provide the data container to the technical computing environment.

14 more elements

A device comprising:

one or more processors to:
receive text that includes data values,
parse the text to identify data types associated with the data values,
generate, based on the data values and the data types, a graphical representation of the text that includes data cells corresponding to the data values,
provide the graphical representation for display,
receive one or more selections of one or more data cells in the graphical representation,
store the one or more selections as a selection history,
the selection history storing a plurality of selections, and
the plurality of selections including the one or more selections and one or more other selections received prior to receiving the one or more selections,
provide the selection history for display,
receive a selection of a particular selection, of the one or more selections, from the selection history,
identify one or more data cells associated with the particular selection in the graphical representation,
receive an instruction to import the particular selection to a technical computing environment,
highlight, based on the instruction, only the one or more data cells, associated with the particular selection, in the graphical representation,
the one or more data cells being associated with the data types,
generate a data container associated with the technical computing environment, based on the particular selection and the identified data types associated with the one or more data cells of the particular selection, and
provide the data container to the technical computing environment.

14 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/827,942Filed 14 Mar 2013 · continuation in part
Priority: 23 Sep 2011
Published: US 2013/0205192 A18 Aug 2013
Granted: 31 Dec 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 40/18
Of tables; using ruled lines: of spreadsheets
G06F 8/38
Creation or generation of source code: for implementing user interfaces
G06F 40/151
Use of codes for handling textual entities: transformation
G06F 40/177
Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting: of tables; using ruled lines

Family

Application13/241,462Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 23 Sep 2011
US 2013/0205192 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Aug 2013
US 8,543,939 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2012/0313953 A1Published application
US 8,619,090 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.