Graphic user interface for database system
USRE43753E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A graphic user interface method for representing a search of a database, providing a plurality of stylized Venn diagrams each representing an intersection of at least two sets; receiving from the user, for each generic graphic icon, a selection of at least one region, defining an output data set; presenting the generic graphic icons on the graphic user interface as modified graphic icons, each having graphic indication of the selections; and receiving linkage information from the user for the modified graphic icons to represent a composite set inclusion property, based on the output data sets and the linkage information. Once a search is defined, it may be translated, as necessary, for execution by a typical database search engine. Retrieved results may be quautified and ranked by the interface system fur optimal presentation to the user.
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