Interface for indicating the presence of inherited values in a document
First Claim
1. In a computer system, a method comprising:
- providing a user interface comprising a plurality of fields for displaying audience data for a first audience;
obtaining a current audience identifier from a user using said user interface, said current audience identifier indicative of a current audience inheritance level;
selecting a set of audience data from all said audience data to populate said plurality of fields, wherein said set of audience data is selected for its closest conespondence to said current audience inheritance level;
displaying said selected audience data on said user interface with a plurality of visual representations, each indicative of said current audience inheritance level for each of said plurality of fields; and
,generating a first audience specific document comprising said selected audience data.
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Abstract
An interface for indicating the presence of inherited values in a document. The interface enables a user to rapidly determine if an audience specific document conforms to the expectations or requirements of an intended audience. The interface distinguishes between current, primary and secondary audience layer values through the use of color or any other mechanism that allows a user to quickly identify data that is missing and needs to be populated, changed or remain unchanged if the inherited data is suitable for the given audience. Using the interface, users can determine at a glance what information is inherited and what level of inheritance that information is from. Before generating an audience specific document targeted at a particular media type, an audience hierarchy may be created and utilized for entry and edit of data for a desired audience.
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17 Claims
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1. In a computer system, a method comprising:
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providing a user interface comprising a plurality of fields for displaying audience data for a first audience; obtaining a current audience identifier from a user using said user interface, said current audience identifier indicative of a current audience inheritance level; selecting a set of audience data from all said audience data to populate said plurality of fields, wherein said set of audience data is selected for its closest conespondence to said current audience inheritance level; displaying said selected audience data on said user interface with a plurality of visual representations, each indicative of said current audience inheritance level for each of said plurality of fields; and
,generating a first audience specific document comprising said selected audience data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a computer system, a method for generating an audience specific document utilizing inherited data values comprising:
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obtaining a first audience identifier associated with audience data corresponding to a first audience layer; obtaining said audience data associated with said first audience layer from a database; presenting a user interface, displaying said audience data wherein at least one first datum of said audience data is annotated with at least one of a plurality of visual representations indicating said first datum'"'"'s correspondence to said first audience layer; displaying a second datum of said audience data annotated with a second said at least one of a plurality of visual representations indicating said second datum'"'"'s correspondence to a second audience layer, where said second audience layer is superior said first audience layer in an audience hierarchy; and generating a first audience specific document comprising said audience data corresponding to said first audience layer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A computer-accessible memory medium comprising program instructions for determining if audience data for use in generating an audience specific document conforms to requirements of an intended audience, wherein the program instructions are executable to:
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display a user interface, said interface further comprising; a selection widget for selecting an audience identifier; a first data display capable of displaying a representation of an audience hierarchy; a second data display comprising a plurality of data fields capable of displaying audience data; obtain said audience data from a data storage device; populate said first data display with a representation of said audience data as said audience hierarchy indicative of a plurality of audience inheritance levels; populate said second data display with a subset of said audience data, each datum selected as determined by its said audience inheritance level relative to said audience identifier; display indicia of audience inheritance level relative to said audience identifier for at least one of said audience datum on said user interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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