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Microsoft patent app wants SMS-to-spreadsheet, so you can Excel while you excel

If you're too busy racking up commissions to submit your expense report, a Microsoft patent application might let you text that steak-dinner-schmoozefest straight to a spreadsheet in accounting. That's one use that pops to mind for the proposed invention, which which could permit text and multimedia messages to interact with Redmond's Office suite. It could then process that info and redirect the message or send you a reply, confirming your shenanigans. Now, how to justify that $1,500 bottle of cognac? [Image Credit: Shutterstock]Microsoft patent app wants SMS-to-spreadsheet, so you...

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Published By: Engadget - Friday, 15 June, 2012

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