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Graphic user interface for database system

  • US 5,966,126 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1996
  • Issued: 10/12/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A graphic user interface method for representing a search of a database, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at least three search selections, each for selecting records from the database;

    providing at least one graphic icon, each graphic icon representing a composite set inclusion property of two selections;

    receiving from the user a selection of graphic icons representative of at least two composite set inclusion properties and linkages therebetween, defining an output data set; and

    presenting the selected graphic icons and linkages therebetween as a graphic image on the graphic user interface, in a manner indicative of the selections and linkages.

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