US Patent Issued to Adaptam on Nov. 11 for "Methods and systems for connecting a spreadsheet to external data sources with ordered formulaic use of data retrieved" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,881, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Adaptam Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for connecting a spreadsheet to external data sources with ordered formulaic use of data retrieved" was invented by Robert E. Dvorak (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed relates to accessing external data, including massive amounts of data stored in the cloud, in spreadsheet cells: accessing external data direct via a formulaic variable in a spreadsheet, specifying an ordered progression for the accessed external data, selectively propagating data accessed using the formulaic variable vertically or...