Data display software with actions and links integrated with information
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of retrieving information from a database record having plural fields, comprising:
- rendering on a display screen plural successive integrated active information documents, each having one or more action control elements integrated into information in the document;
obtaining control element selections of particular action control elements in the plural successive integrated active information documents, one or more of the action control elements corresponding to one or more fields of the database record; and
forming a database query according to the action control element selections,whereby the information in subsequent ones of the successive intergrated active information documents corresponds to control element selections made from preceding ones of the intergrated active information documents.
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Abstract
A hierarchical graphical listing or chart rendered on a display includes multiple nodes that are at different hierarchical levels and may include connecting branches that represent hierarchical links. Each of nodes is active and has an action associated with it so that the action is integrated into the information in the listing. In addition, the hierarchical graphical listings allow simple retrieval of information from a database record having plural fields. In one implementation, multiple successive hierarchical graphical listings are rendered. A user selects from each listing a node that corresponds to information of interest, as well as a field in a database record. The user selections of nodes from successive hierarchical graphical listings are tracked, and a database query is formed from the sequence of selections.
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1. A method of retrieving information from a database record having plural fields, comprising:
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rendering on a display screen plural successive integrated active information documents, each having one or more action control elements integrated into information in the document; obtaining control element selections of particular action control elements in the plural successive integrated active information documents, one or more of the action control elements corresponding to one or more fields of the database record; and forming a database query according to the action control element selections, whereby the information in subsequent ones of the successive intergrated active information documents corresponds to control element selections made from preceding ones of the intergrated active information documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer readable medium having thereon software instructions for retrieving information from a database record having plural fields, comprising:
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software instructions for rendering plural successive integrated active information documents, each having one or more action control elements integrated into information in the document; software instructions for obtaining control element selections of particular control elements in the plural successive integrated active information documents, one or more of the action control elements corresponding to one or more fields of the database record; and software instructions for forming a database query according to the action control element selections, whereby the information in subsequent ones of the successive integrated active information documents corresponds to control element selections made from preceding ones of the integrated active information documents. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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