Multiple sorting of columns in a displayed table in a user interactive computer display interface through sequential radial menus
US8161407B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0482
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Multi-sorting of displayed columns representative of a tabular display is carried out by displaying a table of a plurality of columns, selectively displaying a first radial menu having a plurality of sectors, each sector representative of one of the plurality of columns, enabling a user to select one of the sectors, and responsive to a user selection of a sector for displaying a second radial menu of the plurality of sectors wherein the selected one sector is disabled, e.g. eliminated. This is continued through a sequence of subsequent radial menus until the user has selected the intended set of sequential columns for the multiple sorting.
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