identified by a cell address along each dimension, a series of cells comprising
one or a plurality of cell range, a cell
range comprising one or a plurality of cells, said method
comprising the steps of:
defining a Boolean attribute, said Boolean attribute
having a first and a second value;
assigning the first value of said Boolean attributes
to each cell of a first series of cells;
assigning the second value of said Boolean attribute to
each cell of a second series of cells;
determining in a first operation whether all the cells
of said first series of cells share the same first value of
said Boolean attribute, or share the same second value of
said Boolean attribute or do not share single value of said
Boolean attribute;
for a second operation, again assigning the first value
of said Boolean attribute to each cell of the first series
of cells;
determining in a second operation whether all the cells
of the second series of cells share the same first value of
said Boolean attribute, or share the same second value of
said Boolean attribute or do not share a same single value
of said Boolean attribute;
recording intermediary information from the first
operation and the second operation in a comparison table,
stored in a memory of a computer;
determining whether the first series and the second
series are the same or not by comparing results of the first
operation and the second operation:
if all the cells of the first series share the same
second value of said Boolean attribute in said first
operation and if all the cells of the second series share
the same first value of said Boolean attribute in said
second operation, the first series and second series are the
same.
The examiner relies on the following references:
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