System to provide search results via a user-configurable table
US8661033B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9038
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a particular embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) generated by a processor of a search system includes a search results window operable to display a set of search results within a table that includes a plurality of sub-tables corresponding to a plurality of categories. Each sub-table represents at least one category and includes a respective subset of the set of search results. The GUI further includes a plurality of local control elements, where each local control element is associated with a respective sub-table of the plurality of sub-tables. Each local control element is accessible to a user to selectively sort the respective subset of the set of search results within the respective sub-table according to a user-selected local sort parameter without altering a sort order of respective subsets of the set of search results within other sub-tables of the plurality of sub-tables.
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