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Data processor controlled display system with a tree hierarchy of elements view having virtual nodes

US6111579A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1998
Grant dateAug 29, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S715/967
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data processing controlled display system for the interactive display and control of a hierarchical tree of objects. The tree comprises a plurality of selectable objects arranged in a hierarchy, each of said objects being associated with a data entity and at least one of said objects having a plurality of virtual child objects, each of said virtual child objects being without an associated data entity.

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