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Method, system and controller for searching a database contaning data items

US8832134B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Someones Group Intellectual Property Holdings PTY · AU

Inventors

Brett James Gronow · Melbourne, AU
Keith David Deverell · Melbourne, AU
Jonathan David Pak · Melbourne, AU
Christopher Glendon Bates · Melbourne, AU
David Peter Wolf · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 10, 2010
Grant date	Sep 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/54
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system and controller is provided for searching a database containing data items with a user via a user interface, the method comprising the steps of specifying an initial search subset of some or all of the data items in the database (1201); identifying representatives of each of a number of data categories in the search subset (1203); displaying the representatives on the user interface (1204); selecting one or more of the representatives (1205); specifying a refined search subset of data items in the search subset within the data categories corresponding to the selected representatives (1207); and repeating the steps of identifying and displaying representatives for the refined search subset.

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