Computer hierarchical display of multiple data characteristics

US7346858B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Hive co., Ltd · KR

Inventors

• Peter R. Berg · Glendora, US
• Andrew J. Bradley · Edinburgh, GB
• Jeffrey B. Burton · Woodside, US
• James H. Cooley · Sunnyvale, US
• Donald Hoffman · Mountain View, US
• Susan J. Maruyama · Burlingame, US
• Kenneth J. Winchester · Paso Robles, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 2000
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A data display comprises a window that shows a tree map display having menu information surrounding a field array of differently sized and colored or shaded areas that represent product offering possibilities that conform with user criteria entered through the surrounding menu windows. A Web site that uses the display technique may receive user criteria and retrieve a portion of collected data and display it to the user, so that the retrieved data describes a data subset that is responsive to the user criteria. The retrieved Web pages may be viewed to facilitate review of product offering information, and to facilitate purchase decisions that are transmitted from the Web site visitors.