Data cylinder for managing ad-hoc data sets
OwnerDavid B. Lection, Marcia L. Petersinventors
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Abstract
A data cylinder functioning as a graphical user interface for managing ad-hoc data is disclosed. The data cylinder stores therein a plurality of related data sets representing ad-hoc data, and displays one of these data sets at a time. The data cylinder is laterally rotatable to display a different one of the related data sets. A new set of related data can be easily created based on existing data sets. By selecting the data set of the data cylinder displayed to the user, current data fields are automatically filled with the values in the selected data set.
Claims49
A graphical user interface (GUI) for managing data sets, wherein the GUI includes a cylindrical object which is associated with storing a plurality of related data sets and displays to a user one of the related data sets at a time, wherein the cylindrical object is a computer-generated graphical image having a cylindrical configuration.
A method of managing data sets using a cylindrical object functioning as a graphical user interface, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a plurality of related data sets corresponding to a plurality of data fields;
- identifying one of the data fields as a key field;
- organizing the plurality of related data sets based on the key field;
- and
- displaying one of the related data sets at a time using the cylindrical object.
A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing data sets, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of related data sets;
- and
- displaying one of the plurality of related data sets at a time using the GUI, wherein the GUI includes a cylindrical object for displaying the related data sets.
29 The method of claim 27, wherein the related data sets include personal information of the user.
A computer program product embodied on computer readable media readable by a computing device, for managing data sets using a cylindrical object functioning as a graphical user interface, the product comprising computer executable instructions for:
- obtaining a plurality of related data sets corresponding to a plurality of data fields;
- identifying one of the data fields as a key field;
- organizing the plurality of related data sets based on the key field;
- and
- displaying one of the related data sets at a time using the cylindrical object.
A computer program product embodied on computer readable media readable by a computer device, for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing data sets, the computer program product comprising computer executable instructions for:
- storing a plurality of related data sets;
- and
- displaying one of the plurality of related data sets at a time using the GUI, wherein the GUI includes a cylindrical object for displaying the related data sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.