User interface for maintaining categorization schemes

US7373358B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Christopher Ronnewinkel · Heidelberg, DE
• Janaki Kumar · Palo Alto, US
• Michael Kuehn · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2004
• Grant date: May 13, 2008
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A graphical user interface (GUI) tool for maintaining categorization schemes includes a categorization area that displays user-input fields which may be used to define a number of categories and a number of links that form a categorization scheme. The categorization scheme is organized to enable the computer-executed process to categorize the data. The categorization causes the selection of categories that correspond to the data. The selection is made by making a category determination beginning at the top level and proceeding to the children of categories that correspond to the data.