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- Patent Title: Methods for displaying both hierarchical and non-hierarchical data using tree diagram graphical user interfaces having secondary expansion capabilities
- Patent Title (中): 使用具有次级扩展能力的树形图形用户界面来显示分层数据和非分层数据的方法
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Application No.: US11773728Application Date: 2007-07-05
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Publication No.: US07647563B2Publication Date: 2010-01-12
- Inventor: Patrick Rocco Guido , Robert Charles Leah , Paul Franklin McMahan
- Applicant: Patrick Rocco Guido , Robert Charles Leah , Paul Franklin McMahan
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Dillon & Yudell
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F13/00

Abstract:
Methods for displaying a set of hierarchical data and a set of non-hierarchical data on an electronic display comprise displaying at least part of the set of hierarchical data in a tree diagram that has a plurality of levels with one or more nodes present at each level, and displaying the set of non-hierarchical data in a plurality of auxiliary nodes that are provided in between levels of the tree diagram. Expansion handles may also be displayed adjacent nodes in the tree diagram. These expansion handles may be configured to expand or collapse the tree diagram at the node they are adjacent to. The expansion handles may optionally be configured to display or hide selected of the auxiliary nodes.
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