Systems and methods for creating and displaying a user interface for displaying hierarchical data
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying hierarchical data, the method comprising:
- displaying a first table that shows one or more first-level data items included in a hierarchical data set, the hierarchical data set expressed by a markup language, the first table having a row corresponding to each first-level data item and one or more columns that each correspond to a first-level data sub-item associated with the first-level data item of a corresponding row;
displaying at least a portion of a second table that shows one or more second-level data items in the hierarchical data set, the second table having a row corresponding to each second-level data item and one or more columns that each correspond to a second-level data sub-item associated with the second-level data item of a corresponding row;
displaying one or more actuatable subordinate data icons, each in a column of a row in the first table that, when actuated, causes at least a portion of the second table to be displayed; and
wherein the actuatable subordinate data icon is only displayed if there is second-level data that corresponds with the first-level data sub-item associated with the column in which the actuatable subordinate data icon is displayed.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface for displaying hierarchical data, such as extensible markup language (XML) data, in hypertext markup language (HTML) format in a convenient and efficient manner. For data having subordinate data, an actuatable subordinate data indicator is displayed on the user interface. When actuated, the subordinate data is displayed in a similar format as the parent data. Two methods are described for building the tables. A first method initially parses all the data and builds the necessary tables for display. A second method initially parses only the top level of data and then builds subordinate tables as they are requested by a user.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for displaying hierarchical data, the method comprising:
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displaying a first table that shows one or more first-level data items included in a hierarchical data set, the hierarchical data set expressed by a markup language, the first table having a row corresponding to each first-level data item and one or more columns that each correspond to a first-level data sub-item associated with the first-level data item of a corresponding row; displaying at least a portion of a second table that shows one or more second-level data items in the hierarchical data set, the second table having a row corresponding to each second-level data item and one or more columns that each correspond to a second-level data sub-item associated with the second-level data item of a corresponding row; displaying one or more actuatable subordinate data icons, each in a column of a row in the first table that, when actuated, causes at least a portion of the second table to be displayed; and wherein the actuatable subordinate data icon is only displayed if there is second-level data that corresponds with the first-level data sub-item associated with the column in which the actuatable subordinate data icon is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. One or more computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on a computer, perform the following steps:
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building a first-level display for a first level of data in the hierarchical data, the hierarchical data expressed by a markup language, the first-level display having one or more actuatable subordinate data indicators that are displayed for each data item that has second-level data associated with it; displaying the first-level display; when a subordinate data indicator is actuated, building a second-level display for the second level of data in the hierarchical data that is associated with the data item corresponding to the subordinate data indicator that has been actuated; and displaying the second-level display. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system configured to display hierarchical data, the system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory into which a plurality of computer-executable instructions are loaded, the plurality of instructions performing a method comprising; building a first-level display for a first level of data in the hierarchical data, the hierarchical data expressed by a markup language, the first-level display having one or more actuatable subordinate data indicators that are displayed for each data item that has second-level data associated with it; displaying the first-level display; when a subordinate data indicator is actuated, building a second-level display for the second level of data in the hierarchical data that is associated with the data item corresponding to the subordinate data indicator that has been actuated; and displaying the second-level display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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