Database graphical user interface with user frequency view
US6052121A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/93
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus generates a graphical user interface that summarizes information in an easy and user-friendly format in a database which stores topics and responses to those topics. To that end, the graphical user interface includes a user frequency view and an adjacent report view. The user frequency view includes a two-dimensional grid having indicia identifying one or more users along the horizontal dimension, and an index listing a plurality of topics along the vertical dimension. The grid forms a plurality of intersecting horizontal topic rows and vertical user identifying columns. Each intersection of a topic row and user identifying column may include indicia that display the number of responses to each of the listed topics by each of the users. The report view includes a listing of the titles of each response to a topic selected in the index, or the titles of each response by a user to a selected topic.
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