KEVIN SCOTT JAMES
Pilots at 262 Pl, Seattle, WA

6711715, Mar 23, 2004

Aug 27, 1999

09/384463

Kevin David James Grealish - Seattle WA

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 1730

715504, 715503

Storage and restoration of display state data for a display object having a display state that can be altered by display state changes made to other display objects in a hierarchical data structure where the display state of the display object being stored has more than one superior display object. Display state data storage and restoration can be a process that is consumptive of processor and memory resources. A method and system are provided for efficiently storing and restoring display state data for display objects corresponding to data elements in a complex hierarchical data structure. A sequence number generator is used to track display state changes made to a complex display grid. As display state changes are made, a number is associated with the display state change which is, in turn, associated with a display object. As a grid or a portion of the grid is restored, the sequence numbers are analyzed in a sequence determined by the relative superiority of display objects to determine whether a particular display state change needs to be saved and/or restored, thereby avoiding unnecessary restorations of display state changes.

6907435, Jun 14, 2005

Feb 27, 2001

09/794867

Michael J. Coulson - Kirkland WA, US
David Wortendyke - Seattle WA, US
Kevin David James Grealish - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F017/30

707203, 707 7

The present invention provides a conversion method for converting numeric multi-dimensional database dimension members to textual representations. The conversion is specifically designed to enable the textual representations of the numeric dimension members to be properly sorted and converted back into numeric representations with accuracy. All numeric and date data is transformed during conversion, such that the textual representation of the numeric and date data is properly sorted as a text string, in the same order as it would be sorted as a number. The present invention also provides a means for accurate reverse-conversion (i. e. , from textual representation to numeric representation) by first converting into text the information necessary to support the precision required by the relevant convention of the numeric representation. The present invention also provides a convention for determining the data type of the textual representations of values of various data types. The textual representation of mixed types is configured so that the sort order of different data types and the text string for numeric types will sort by value independent of the numeric data-types.