Selection and deselection of objects at multiple levels of a hierarchy

• US 20070185894A1
• Filed: 01/23/2006
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Twitter Inc (X Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Swain, Alex, Youssef, Yasmin, Yaklin, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,694,239 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data

Abstract

Provided are techniques for viewing objects. A hierarchical structure is displayed, wherein the hierarchical structure includes two or more levels, and wherein each of the levels includes one or more objects. A control is provided to enable selection of one or more objects at each of the levels of the hierarchical structure. Selection of at least one object at each of two or more of the levels of the hierarchical structure is received. In response to receiving the selection, the hierarchical structure is displayed with the at least one object at each of the two or more of the levels shown as selected along with a list of the selected objects.

Claims

1. A method for viewing objects, comprising:

displaying a hierarchical structure, wherein the hierarchical structure includes two or more levels, and wherein each of the levels includes one or more objects;

providing a control to enable selection of one or more objects at each of the levels of the hierarchical structure;

receiving selection of at least one object at each of two or more of the levels of the hierarchical structure; and

in response to receiving the selection, displaying the hierarchical structure with the at least one object at each of the two or more of the levels shown as selected along with a list of the selected objects.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving deselection of one or more objects from the list of the selected objects; and

updating the hierarchical browse control view to deselect the deselected one or more objects and objects contained in the one or more deselected objects.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving deselection of one or more objects from the hierarchical structure; and

updating the hierarchical browse control view to remove the deselected one or more objects from the list of the selected objects.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving selection of a repository that identifies a source of the hierarchical structure.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving text to filter objects in the hierarchical structure, filtering the objects; and

updating the hierarchical browse control view to display the hierarchical structure based on the filtered objects.

6. A computer program product for viewing objects comprising a computer useable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

display a hierarchical structure, wherein the hierarchical structure includes two or more levels, and wherein each of the levels includes one or more objects;

provide a control to enable selection of one or more objects at each of the levels of the hierarchical structure;

receive selection of at least one object at each of two or more of the levels of the hierarchical structure; and

in response to receiving the selection, display the hierarchical structure with the at least one object at each of the two or more of the levels shown as selected along with a list of the selected objects.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive deselection of one or more objects from the list of the selected objects; and

update the hierarchical browse control view to deselect the deselected one or more objects and objects contained in the one or more deselected objects.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive deselection of one or more objects from the hierarchical structure; and

update the hierarchical browse control view to remove the deselected one or more objects from the list of the selected objects.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive selection of a repository that identifies a source of the hierarchical structure.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

in response to receiving text to filter objects in the hierarchical structure, filter the objects; and

update the hierarchical browse control view to display the hierarchical structure based on the filtered objects.

11. A system for viewing objects, comprising:

a computer screen; and

logic capable of performing operations, the operations comprising;

displaying a hierarchical structure, wherein the hierarchical structure includes two or more levels, and wherein each of the levels includes one or more objects;

providing a control to enable selection of one or more objects at each of the levels of the hierarchical structure;

receiving selection of at least one object at each of two or more of the levels of the hierarchical structure; and

in response to receiving the selection, displaying the hierarchical structure with the at least one object at each of the two or more of the levels shown as selected along with a list of the selected objects.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving deselection of one or more objects from the list of the selected objects; and

updating the hierarchical browse control view to deselect the deselected one or more objects and objects contained in the one or more deselected objects.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving deselection of one or more objects from the hierarchical structure; and

updating the hierarchical browse control view to remove the deselected one or more objects from the list of the selected objects.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving selection of a repository that identifies a source of the hierarchical structure.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to receiving text to filter objects in the hierarchical structure, filtering the objects; and

updating the hierarchical browse control view to display the hierarchical structure based on the filtered objects.