Graphic user interface for database system
First Claim
1. A graphic user interface method for defining database query definition and output representation operation parameters of a database, comprising the steps of:
- graphically representing a query definition or output representation operation on the data set, said graphic representation having a graded representation portion;
receiving from the user a manipulation of the grade of graded representation portion; and
translating the manipulation of the graded representation into a database query definition or output representation operation parameter for the database receiving the output database set in accordance with the database query definition of output representation operation parameter.
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Abstract
A graphic user interface method for representing a search of a database, providing a plurality of stylized Venn diagrams each representing an intersection of at least two sets; receiving from the user, for each generic graphic icon, a selection of at least one region, defining an output data set; presenting the generic graphic icons on the graphic user interface as modified graphic icons, each having graphic indication of the selections; and receiving linkage information from the user for the modified graphic icons to represent a composite set inclusion property, based on the output data sets and the linkage information. Once a search is defined, it may be translated, as necessary, for execution by a typical database search engine. Retrieved results may be quantified and ranked by the interface system for optimal presentation to the user.
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23 Claims
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1. A graphic user interface method for defining database query definition and output representation operation parameters of a database, comprising the steps of:
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graphically representing a query definition or output representation operation on the data set, said graphic representation having a graded representation portion;
receiving from the user a manipulation of the grade of graded representation portion; and
translating the manipulation of the graded representation into a database query definition or output representation operation parameter for the database receiving the output database set in accordance with the database query definition of output representation operation parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
evaluating the database operation parameter to produce an output set;
representing the output database set as a second graphic representation having a graded representation portion;
receiving from the user a manipulation of a graded of the graded representation portion of the second graphic representation; and
translating the manipulation of the graded representation of the second graphic representation into a second database operation parameter for the output set.
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18. The method according to claim 1, wherein said graphically representing step is adaptive to a style of the user.
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19. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of altering the functioning of the graphic user interface based on preferences of the user, the preference being derived from monitoring the past activities of the user.
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20. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting the database operation parameter through a computer network to a remote database server.
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21. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
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said graded representation portion comprises at least one graphic control having a liner depiction; and
said manipulation comprises a movement of a graphic element along the liner depiction.
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22. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
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said graded representation portion comprises a plurality of graphic controls, arranged in an array and each having a liner depiction; and
said manipulation comprises a movement of a graphic element along the liner depictions.
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23. The method according to claim 1, wherein the database contains a set of referential data records, each having an identifier, and information relating to the content of the database and identifiers of a subset of the referential data records, further comprising the steps of sorting identifiers of the subset based on a primary search criterion and an analysis of a relation of references of the database.
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