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- Patent Title: Method and system for automatically hiding irrelevant parts of hierarchical structures in computer user interfaces
- Patent Title (中): 自动隐藏计算机用户界面层次结构不相关部分的方法和系统
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Application No.: US11034951Application Date: 2005-01-13
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Publication No.: US08713063B2Publication Date: 2014-04-29
- Inventor: Steven R. Abrams , Ian David Simmonds , John Vlissides
- Applicant: Steven R. Abrams , Ian David Simmonds , John Vlissides
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Michael J. Buchenhorner; Vazken Alexanian
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/30
Abstract:
The invention broadly and generally provides, in a computer-controlled display, a method of simplifying a graphical representation of a set of connected nodes comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a subset of the aforesaid set; and (b) under computer program control, hiding representations of all nodes except (i) nodes within the aforesaid subset and (ii) at least one node having a defined relationship to the aforesaid subset.
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