METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY WITH INTERMEDIATE DATASOURCE ACCESS
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Abstract
A system and method for information display based on a family of display screens for displaying information derived from numerous data sources including intermediate datasources. Each display screen includes function controls as well as indicator controls. The function controls link a first level display screen to subsidiary display screens. A capacity is provided for saving defined display screen formats and for generating a custom display screen based on function controls which were previously defined in defined display screens. Also disclosed is a method of using a family of display screens for managing access to information and displaying that information.
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25. A computer-based system for presenting an information display screen, comprising:
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a computer;
an interface device adapted to connect said computer to a plurality of information sources including an intermediate datasource;
a data link for providing a link between an information source and an intermediate datasource so that information in an information source can be provided to said intermediate datasource;
a computer readable medium containing computer executable code for generating a display screen on said computer, said display screen including at least one control, each said at least one control having at least one function associated therewith, said display screen including at least one status indicator associated with a status indicator threshold;
wherein said computer readable media containing computer executable code additionally includes computer executable code for;
selectively activating said status indicator based on information located in at least one of said information sources and on at least one status indicator threshold, and responding to activation of a control on said display screen, for invoking a function associated with said control on said display screen upon activation of said control. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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41. A computer-based system for presenting an information display screen, comprising:
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a computer;
an interface device adapted to connect said computer to a plurality of information sources;
a computer readable medium containing computer executable code for generating a display screen, said display screen including at least one control, each said at least one control having at least one function associated therewith, said display screen including at least one status indicator associated with a status indicator threshold, said display screen further including a display region for presenting selected information to a user upon activation of said control;
a data link for providing a link between an information source and an intermediate datasource so that information in an information source can be provided to said intermediate datasource, and wherein said interface device is adapted to connect said computer to a plurality of information sources including an intermediate datasource; and
wherein said computer readable media containing computer executable code additionally includes computer executable code for;
selectively activating said status indicator based on information located in at least one of said information sources and on at least one status indicator threshold, and responding to activation of a control on said display screen, for generating a multi-axis scorecard display based on data stored in at least one of said plurality of information sources and presenting said scorecard display in said display region upon activation of said control. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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48. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving a user input to display information from a plurality of direct datasources, the direct data sources further comprising information of a plurality of data types, in successive, differing levels of detail; and
displaying the information from the intermediate datasource in accordance with the user input, the displayed information having been populated from the direct datasources. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input to display information from a plurality of direct datasources, the direct data sources further comprising information of a plurality of data types, in successive, differing levels of detail; and
displaying the information from the intermediate datasource in accordance with the user input, the displayed information having been populated from the direct datasources. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62)
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63. A computer programmed to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input to display information from a plurality of direct datasources, the direct data sources further comprising information of a plurality of data types, in successive, differing levels of detail; and
displaying the information from the intermediate datasource in accordance with the user input, the displayed information having been populated from the direct datasources. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66)
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a plurality of native datasources further comprising information of a plurality of data types;
an intermediate datasource populated from the native datasources;
a plurality of user computers; and
a utility responsive to input from the user computers to customize the interaction of users with information in the native datasources when invoked and, in each interaction, capable of;
receiving a user input to display information from the native datasources in successive, differing levels of detail; and
displaying the information from the intermediate datasource in accordance with the user input, the displayed information having been populated from the native datasources. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70)
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Specification