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Method and system for displaying an image instead of data

  • US 7,207,009 B1
  • Filed: 11/01/2000
  • Issued: 04/17/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method in a computer implemented project information management system, the method comprising:

  • providing a project having summary tasks and non-summary tasks, each summary task and non-summary task having a cost field with project cost information and each summary task including a plurality of non-summary tasks;

    for each summary task and non-summary task, receiving from a user a display option indicating whether to display text data or graphical indicators for the cost field;

    receiving from the user a summary under budget threshold, a summary under budget graphical indicator, a summary over budget threshold, and a summary over budget graphical indicator for summary data contained in the cost field; and

    receiving from the user a non-summary under budget threshold, a non-summary under budget graphical indicator, a non-summary over budget threshold, and a non-summary over budget graphical indicator for non-summary data contained in the cost field, wherein the received thresholds and indicators can be different for each summary task and non-summary task;

    validating and storing the received thresholds, indicators, and display option;

    processing the cost field for each summary task and non-summary task;

    when processing the cost field for each summary task and non-summary task,determining whether the display option indicates displaying graphical indicators or text data for the field;

    if the display option indicates to display text data, displaying text data for the cost field;

    if the display option indicates to display graphical indicators and the cost field contains summary data,retrieving the stored summary under budget and summary over budget thresholds;

    comparing the project cost information contained in the cost field with the summary under budget threshold;

    if the project cost information is less than the under budget threshold, displaying the summary under budget graphical indicator;

    comparing the project cost information contained in the cost field with the summary over budget;

    if the project cost information threshold is greater than the summary over budget threshold, displaying the summary over budget indicator;

    if the display option indicates to display graphical indicators and the cost field contains non-summary data,retrieving the stored non-summary under budget and summary over budget thresholds;

    comparing the project cost information contained in the cost field with the non-summary under budget threshold;

    if the project cost information is less than the non-summary under budget threshold, displaying the non-summary under budget graphical indicator;

    comparing the project cost information contained in the cost field with the non-summary over budget threshold; and

    if the project cost information is greater than the non-summary over budget threshold, displaying the non-summary over budget indicator.

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