发明名称 Multi-node user interface component and method thereof for use in accessing a plurality of linked records
摘要 A user interface component and method of using the same graphically display linked records with node display elements representing individual records, and optional link display elements representing the links therebetween. The user interface component may be automatically and dynamically generated during navigation between linked records, such that whenever a new link is taken from a record represented by a node display element, a new node display element is generated. In addition, the user interface component may further be configured to graphically represent the particular location of a particular link within a record, as well as a scroll display element associated with selected node display elements such that specific data or locations within the records associated therewith may be accessed. Moreover, the user interface component may also be configured to incorporate a retrieve progress display element that indicates a current status of a retrieve operation for a record. Individual node display elements within a user interface component may also separately indicate status information for their associated records, e.g., displaying a cache status and/or a matching status that indicates whether associated records match a predetermined search criteria, among others. The user interface component may also be utilized to perform common operations such as printing, caching and loading, among others, on selected records in response to user selection of the nodes associated with the selected records.
申请公布号 US5877766(A) 申请公布日期 1999.03.02
申请号 US19970912258 申请日期 1997.08.15
申请人 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 BATES, CARY LEE;DAY, PAUL REUBEN
分类号 G06F3/00;G06F3/033;G06F3/048;G06F3/14;G06F12/00;G06F15/00;G06F17/30;(IPC1-7):G06F3/14 主分类号 G06F3/00
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