USPTO Patent US12585824B2: Managing Team Access to Workbooks

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Published March 24th, 2026

Detected March 25th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has granted patent US12585824B2 to SIGMA COMPUTING, INC. for a method of managing team access to workbooks embedded in client domains. The patent details a system for creating team administrator accounts with specific access controls.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent US12585824B2, titled 'Managing team access to workbooks embedded in client domains,' to SIGMA COMPUTING, INC. The patent describes a system and method for a workbook manager to host workbooks embedded within client domains, allowing multiple teams to access distinct underlying data sets. Specifically, the invention provides for the creation of team administrator accounts with the authority to manage the workbook solely for a designated team, preventing unauthorized access by users outside that team.

This patent grant represents a new intellectual property right for SIGMA COMPUTING, INC. While not a regulatory rule imposing obligations on other entities, it establishes exclusive rights related to the described technology. Companies developing or utilizing similar systems for managing access to embedded workbooks within client domains should be aware of this patent to avoid potential infringement. No compliance actions are immediately required for other entities, but legal counsel should be consulted regarding existing or planned implementations of such technologies.

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Managing team access to workbooks embedded in client domains

Grant US12585824B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

SIGMA COMPUTING, INC.

Inventors

Zalak H. Trivedi, Samuel Andre Abraham Soubeyran, Hiranmaya Gundu

Abstract

Managing team access to workbooks embedded in client domains including hosting, by a workbook manager, a workbook embedded in a client domain accessible by a plurality of third-party user accounts divided into a plurality of teams, wherein each of the plurality of teams accesses a different underlying data set through the workbook; receiving, by the workbook manager from a client computing system, a request to create a team administrator account for a first team of the plurality of teams; and creating, by the workbook manager, the team administrator account with authorization to manage the workbook for the first team and without authorization to manage the workbook for third-party user accounts outside the first team.