METHOD FOR GRAPHICALLY PROCESSING DISPLAYED DATA RECORDS FOR MINIMIZING A SELECTION ERROR RATE
First Claim
1. A method for displaying and processing data, comprising:
- storing data in a repository database;
searching or filtering the data according to a query to the repository database in order to retrieve or preselect a number of data records from the data stored in the repository database, wherein a data record comprises a number of data record attributes, and a data record attribute is an instance of a data type stored in the repository database;
displaying a selection list comprising at least some of the retrieved data records'"'"' representation to enable selection of one or more of the data records represented in the displayed selection list, wherein a record representation comprises at least some of the record'"'"'s attributes or derivations thereof;
automatically checking the displayed data record representations that are displayed in the displayed selection list for similar data record representations, wherein a similar data record representation comprises at least one data record attribute of a data type that is identical or similar to the data record attribute of said data type of another data record; and
additionally graphically processing the display of the similar displayed data record representations upon displaying the selection list.
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Abstract
A method for displaying and processing clinical data and a user interface are disclosed. In order to reduce the error rate in selecting a data record from a selection list displayed, data records that are displayed in the displayed selection list are automatically checked for similar displayed data records'"'"' representation, in which a similar displayed representation includes at least one displayed data record attribute that is identical or similar to the displayed data record attribute of said data type of another displayed data record. Similar displayed data records are additionally graphically processed upon displaying the selection list providing visual differentiation of similar record representations for the selection about to be made.
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1. A method for displaying and processing data, comprising:
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storing data in a repository database; searching or filtering the data according to a query to the repository database in order to retrieve or preselect a number of data records from the data stored in the repository database, wherein a data record comprises a number of data record attributes, and a data record attribute is an instance of a data type stored in the repository database; displaying a selection list comprising at least some of the retrieved data records'"'"' representation to enable selection of one or more of the data records represented in the displayed selection list, wherein a record representation comprises at least some of the record'"'"'s attributes or derivations thereof; automatically checking the displayed data record representations that are displayed in the displayed selection list for similar data record representations, wherein a similar data record representation comprises at least one data record attribute of a data type that is identical or similar to the data record attribute of said data type of another data record; and additionally graphically processing the display of the similar displayed data record representations upon displaying the selection list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20)
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13. A user interface of a laboratory instrument or a laboratory system supporting displaying and processing clinical data to be selected for displaying and processing clinical information, comprising:
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a processor for searching or filtering data that are stored in a repository database according to a query to the repository database in order to retrieve a number of data records from the data stored in the repository database, wherein a data record comprises a number of data record attributes, and a data record attribute is an instance of a data type stored in the repository database, the data type is given by data type qualifiers; and a display for displaying a selection list comprising at least some of the preselected data record representations enabling selection of one or more of the displayed data records, wherein the displayed selection list comprises at least some of the data record attributes of the data records which are displayed in the selection list, and wherein the processor; automatically checks the displayed data record representations that are displayed in the displayed selection list for similar data records, wherein a similar data record comprises at least one data record attribute identical or similar to the data record attribute of said data type of another data record, and additionally graphically processes the display of the data record and/or of a similar data records. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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Specification