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Table filtering in a computer user interface

  • US 20030229848A1
  • Filed: 08/30/2002
  • Published: 12/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of displaying information on a display device of a computer system, comprising:

  • displaying a first view on the display device, the first view comprising a plurality of objects in a table of rows and columns, each object displayed as a row in the table and comprised of a plurality of fields, each field being in a column of the table;

    displaying a blank input row corresponding to the table, the input row having input fields corresponding to the columns of the table;

    receiving an input in the form of a character string in a selected input field of the input row;

    receiving a filter command; and

    performing, in response to the filter command, a filtering function on a field of the objects corresponding to the selected input field of the input row using the character string, and displaying filtered data.

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