US 12,340,168 B1
GUI with axes having directional indicators of the absence of data
Jefferson Wilson, Williston, VT (US)
Assigned to ALTERA DIGITAL HEALTH, INC., Niagara Falls, NY (US)
Filed by Allscripts Software, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/565,230.
Application 16/565,230 is a continuation of application No. 15/365,951, filed on Dec. 1, 2016, granted, now 10,409,906.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 40/18 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 40/18 (2020.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A client computing device comprising:
a processor;
a display; and
memory that has an application loaded therein, wherein the application, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform acts comprising:
causing display of a spreadsheet at the display of the client computing device by way of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the application;
evaluating the spreadsheet being displayed at the client computing device, wherein the spreadsheet comprises a first spreadsheet portion presently being displayed at the display of the client computing device and a second spreadsheet portion not being displayed at the display of the client computing device;
identifying that a cell in a row of the spreadsheet comprises data within the first spreadsheet portion;
identifying that all cells to the right of the cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, where the row comprises first cells to the right of the cell that are within the first spreadsheet portion, and second cells to the right of the cell that are within the second spreadsheet portion; and
subsequent to identifying that all cells to the right of the cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, displaying, in each cell in the first cells that is to the right of the cell in the row, an indicator that indicates that each cell in the first cells and the second cells to the right of the displayed cell in the row fails to comprise data.