Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Data

• US 20150363478A1
• Filed: 09/06/2012
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael N. Haynes
• Original Assignee: Michael N. Haynes
• Inventors: Haynes, Michael N.
• Application Number:
  US13/604,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20150363478A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, and/or user interface adapted for, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise: via a hierarchy processor implemented via a predetermined information device: for each of a plurality of records of a data structure, displaying data corresponding to a hierarchically displayable field according to a hierarchy location field containing a corresponding hierarchy location identifier indicative of a display location of that data in a displayable hierarchical data structure.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

via a hierarchy processor implemented via a predetermined information device;

accessing a first data source simultaneously accessible by each of a first plurality of users, said first data source comprising a first data structure comprising a plurality of records comprising data organized by a plurality of fields;

determining a second data structure based on an automatic analysis of each record of the plurality of records, said second data structure stored in a second data source simultaneously accessible by a second plurality of users, said second data structure defining a hierarchy location field containing, for each record, a corresponding hierarchy location identifier indicative of a display location of data corresponding to a hierarchically displayable field of that record in a displayable hierarchical data structure;

displaying, to a first user, data corresponding to said hierarchically displayable field of said plurality of records according to said displayable hierarchical data structure;

while said displaying, to said first user, said data corresponding to said hierarchically displayable field of said plurality of records according to said displayable hierarchical data structure, simultaneously displaying, to said first user, said plurality of records according to a first display of said first data structure;

and

while said simultaneously displaying, automatically synchronizing changes, by said first user, to data corresponding to said hierarchically displayable field of any of said plurality of records between said first data structure and said second data structure.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, to said first user, said plurality of records according to said first data structure.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

while said simultaneously displaying, simultaneously displaying said plurality of records according to a second display of said first data structure.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically sorting said plurality of records without modifying said hierarchy location identifier associated with each of said records.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to user input to said predetermined information device, automatically sorting said plurality of records without modifying said second data structure.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically sorting said plurality of records without modifying said first data structure.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically sorting said plurality of records of said first data structure in t first display of said first data structure without modifying a second display of said plurality of records said first data structure.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to input by said first user to said predetermined information device, automatically changing the hierarchy location identifier for each of a first subplurality of records from said plurality of records, and automatically modifying said displayable hierarchical data structure according to said changed hierarchy location identifiers.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to input by said first user to said predetermined information device, automatically changing the hierarchy location identifier for each of a first subplurality of records from said plurality of records, and, without modifying said first data structure, automatically modifying said displayable hierarchical data structure according to said changed hierarchy location identifiers.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing data corresponding to said hierarchically displayable field of a first predetermined record to simultaneously appear, to said first user, in multiple display locations in said displayable hierarchical data structure.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to input by said first user to said predetermined information device, without modifying said first data structure, causing data corresponding to said hierarchically displayable field of a first predetermined record to simultaneously appear, to said first user, in multiple display locations in said displayable hierarchical data structure.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to input by said first user to said predetermined information device, automatically hiding descendants of a second predetermined record from displaying, to said first user, in said displayable hierarchical data structure.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to input by said first user to said predetermined information device, without modifying said first data structure, automatically hiding descendants of a second predetermined record from displaying, to said first user, in said displayable hierarchical data structure.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to input by first user to said predetermined information device, automatically causing descendants of a second predetermined record to display, to said first user, in said displayable hierarchical data structure.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on criteria provide by said first user, preventing a second subplurality of said records from displaying, to said first user, in said displayable hierarchical data structure.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on criteria provided by said fist user, without modifying said first data structure, preventing a second subplurality of said records from displaying, to first user in said displayable hierarchical data structure.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to a selection, by said first user, of the hierarchically displayable field of a predetermined record, activating a script.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to selection, by said first user, of the hierarchically displayable field of a predetermined record, without modifying said first data structure, activating a script.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on a criteria specified by said first user, filtering said plurality of records.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on a criteria specified by said first user, without modifying said first data structure, filtering said plurality of records.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein:

said synchronizing occurs automatically upon entry of any of said changes by said first user.

22. A machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for activities comprising:

from a first data source that is simultaneously accessible by each of a first plurality of users, said first data source comprising a first data structure comprising a plurality of records comprising data organized by a plurality of fields, determining a second data structure based on an automatic analysis of each record of the plurality of records, said second data structure stored in a second data source simultaneously accessible by a second plurality of users, said second data structure defining a hierarchy location field containing, for each record, a corresponding hierarchy location identifier indicative of a display location of data corresponding to a hierarchically displayable field of that record in a displayable hierarchical data structure;

displaying, to a first user, data corresponding to said hierarchically displayable field of said plurality of records according to said displayable hierarchical data structure;

while said displaying, to said first user, said corresponding to said hierarchically displayable field of said plurality of records according to said displayable hierarchical data structure, simultaneously displaying, to said first user, said plurality of records according to a first display of said first data structure; and

synchronizing changes to data corresponding to said hierarchically displayable field of any of said plurality of records between said first data structure and said second data structure.

23. A circuit comprising:

a hierarchy processor of a predetermined information device, said hierarchy processor adapted for;

automatically synchronizing changes to data corresponding to a hierarchically displayable field of any of a plurality of records between a first data structure and a second data structure, said data simultaneously displayed, to a first user, according to a displayable hierarchical data structure and a play of said first data structure, said first data structure comprised by a first data source that is simultaneously accessible by each of a first plurality of users, said first data structure comprising said plurality of records, said second data structure based on an automatic analysis of each record of the plurality of records, said second data structure stored in a second data source simultaneously accessible by a second plurality of users, said second data structure defining a hierarchy location field containing, for each record, a corresponding hierarchy location identifier indicative of a display location of data corresponding to said hierarchically displayable field of that record in said displayable hierarchical data structure.