User-interactive computer display interface with a tree having a plurality of user selectable nodes representing a plurality of search queries to a tabular database
US6356286B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99934
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer controlled user-interactive display system interface through which the user may access stored search queries to database and then initiate selected searches executed by such queries. The interactive interface includes a displayed tree having at least one root node representative of a view into a table from the database and a plurality of subnodes under the root node, each subnode representative of a stored search query for said table view. The interface system also includes an implementation for executing a search represented by a subnode in response to a user selection of that subnode, and an expedient for presenting the results of said executed search on the display. The preferred display layout would have the tree displayed in one region of the display screen and the result of the executed search presented in a screen region next to the tree region. In this manner, the user could select a subnode representative of a particular search query, whereupon the search would be executed and the results presented to the user right next to his tree.
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