User interface for database display
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsRobert Rossi, Trent Swanson
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Abstract
A computer system may include a display and a user interface selection device. The computer system may display a first set of data associated with a first index of a data store in a first frame, and may receive a first selection signal indicative of the user interface selection device selecting a first item of the first set of data. In response to the first selection signal, the computer system may retrieve a second set of data from the data store associated with a second index of the data store, the second set of data being associated with the first item. The computer system may display the second set of data in a second frame distinct from the first frame.
Claims83
In a computer system having a graphical user interface, a display, and a user interface selection device, a method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a first set of data associated with a first index of a data store in a first frame;
- (b) receiving a first selection signal indicative of the user interface selection device selecting a first item of the first set of data;
- (c) in response to the first selection signal, retrieving a second set of data from the data store associated with a second index of the data store, the second set of data being associated with the first item;
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- (d) displaying the second set of data in a second frame distinct from the first frame.
A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
- (a) displaying in a first frame a first list of items associated with a first index of a multidimensional data store;
- (b) receiving a first indication of a selection of a first item in the first list of items;
- (c) in response to the first indication, displaying in a second frame a second list of items associated with a second index of the multidimensional data store and associated with the first item.
A computer readable medium having computer executable components comprising:
- (a) a database component for storing a multidimensional data store including at least a first index and a second index;
- (b) a query engine component for retrieving a data set associated with at least one of the first index and the second index of the multidimensional data store;
- (c) a display component for displaying each retrieved data set in a distinct container, each container having a display position indicating a primacy of the retrieved data set;
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- (d) a user component for receiving an indication of a selected item in a container having a first primacy.
A display device having rendered thereon a query result for a query to a multidimensional database, the query result comprising:
- (a) a first query result contained in a first frame, the first query result comprising at least a portion of a first dimension of the multidimensional database;
- (b) a second query result in a second frame distinct from the first frame, the second query result comprising at least a portion of a second dimension of the multidimensional database.
A method including:
- (a) displaying a first container containing a first set of data items in accordance with a first query including a first index of a database,
- (b) associating a first primacy with the first container;
- (c) displaying a second container containing a second set of data items in accordance with a second query including a second index of the database;
- (d) associating with the second container a second primacy less than the first primacy;
- (e) receiving a first indication that the second container has moved relatively before the first container;
- (f) in response to the first indication, associating with the second container a third primacy and associating with the first container a fourth primacy less than the third primacy;
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- (g) in response to the first indication, pivoting the first and second sets of data about the second index.
A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
- (a) displaying in a first container a first list of items associated with a first index of a multidimensional database;
- (b) associating a first primacy with a display position of the first container;
- (c) displaying in a second container a second list of items associated with a second index of the multidimensional database;
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- (d) associating a second primacy with a display position of the second container, the second primacy being less than the first primacy.
In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, a method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a first set of data from a database in a first container;
- (b) associating a first primacy with a position of the first container on the display;
- (c) receiving a first selection signal indicative of the user interface selection device selecting a first item of the first set of data;
- (d) in response to the first selection signal, retrieving a second set of data from the database, the second set of data being associated with the first item;
- (e) displaying the second set of data in a second container distinct from the first container;
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- (f) associating a second primacy with a position of the second container on the display, the second primacy being less than the first primacy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.