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Graphical user interface for filtering a population of items

  • US 7,721,230 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2006
  • Issued: 05/18/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system comprising:

  • a processor configured to receive selections of criteria to be applied to data as a multi-tiered query;

    a processor configured to receive a selection, for at least one criterion of the criteria, of a tier of the multi-tiered query to which the at least one criterion is to be applied;

    a processor configured to construct the multi-tiered query utilizing the criteria and the received selection of a tier;

    a processor configured to receive an indication of a tier level;

    a process or configured to construct a query using the indicated tier level and all prior tier levels; and

    a processor configured to move a criterion from a first tier in the multi-tiered query to a second tier in the multi-tiered query responsive to an action of a user with respect to a graphical representation of the multi-tiered query.

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