Method and system for automatically hiding irrelevant parts of hierarchical structures in computer user interfaces
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSteven Abrams, Ian Simmonds, John Vlissides
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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.
Claims24
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 said set;
- and
- (b) under computer program control, hiding representations of all nodes except (i) nodes within said subset and (ii) at least one node having a defined relationship to said subset.
A system of simplifying a graphical representation of a set of connected nodes, said system comprising:
- (a) a selection device operable to select a subset of said set;
- (b) a hiding device operable to hide representations of all nodes except (i) nodes within said subset and (ii) at least one node having a defined relationship to said subset.
A program storage device readable by a digital processing apparatus and having a program of instructions which are tangibly embodied on said storage device and which are executable by said digital processing apparatus to perform a method of simplifying a graphical representation of a set of connected nodes, the method comprising:
- (a) selecting a subset of said set;
- and
- (b) hiding representations of all nodes except (i) nodes within said subset and (ii) at least one node having a defined relationship to said subset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.