	US 7,594,165 B2
	Embedded ad hoc browser web to spreadsheet conversion control
Yen-Fu Chen, Austin, Tex. (US); John Hans Handy-Bosma, Cedar Park, Tex. (US); and Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, Tex. (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/32,847.
Prior Publication US 2006/0156221 A1, Jul. 13, 2006
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 715—212 [715/227; 715/239]

1 Claim

1. A computer implemented method in a data processing system, which includes a processor, for using a web browser to convert an entire HTML table in a web page to a spreadsheet in the web page, the method comprising:

receiving, by a table analysis program that is being executed by the processor, the web page, wherein the web page includes the entire HTML table, and further wherein the entire HTML table includes a plurality of table headings and a plurality of pieces of data, and still further wherein each piece of said plurality of pieces of data is preceded by an HTML tag;

displaying the entire HTML table in the web page in a web browser window;

analyzing the web page for tables in response to receiving the web page,

wherein the entire HTML table is found as a result of the analysis of the web page;

after finding the entire HTML table, converting the entire HTML table to a spreadsheet by mapping the plurality of table headings and the plurality of pieces of data to a spreadsheet template, wherein converting the entire HTML table to the spreadsheet occurs only as a result of the receipt of the web page;

displaying the spreadsheet in the web page browser window, wherein the spreadsheet in the web page replaces the entire HTML table in the web page; and

providing a web browser plug-in that includes the table analysis program, a table conversion program, a spreadsheet modification program, a spreadsheet configuration program, a configuration table engine, and a configurable table template.