System, method and article of manufacture for a user interface for a knowledge management tool
AssigneeAccenture LLP
InventorsKelly Dempski, Adam B. Brody
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Abstract
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for providing a user interface for a data management application that extracts data from several data sources across an enterprise. First, a user is allowed to input a search query. Data items found during a search based on the query are received and displayed in nodes arranged in a tree format. A portion of the data items are hyper linked to detailed views of the data items. A detailed view of one of the hyper linked data items is displayed upon selection of the one of the hyper linked data items by the user. The selected hyper linked data items are added to a history list.
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A method for providing a user interface for a data management application, the data management application being for extracting data from several data sources across an enterprise, comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting a search type based on categories selected from a first group of categories including a person category, a document category, a topic category, a project category and a client category;
- (b) allowing a user to input a search query;
- (c) receiving data items found during a search based on the search query;
- (d) automatically displaying a representation of the data items in a first graphical user interface that includes a plurality of categories of information associated with each of the data items found during the search;
- (e) displaying a data record associated with a respective data item in a second graphical user interface upon selection of a respective one of the data items in the first graphical user interface, wherein the data record includes a plurality of nodes capable of expanding in a tree format, wherein the nodes comprise a second group of categories that may be selected from a group of categories including a person category, a document category, a topic category, a project category and a client category, and
- (f) displaying a detailed view of one of the nodes upon selection of the one of the nodes by the user.
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for providing a user interface for a data management application, the data management application being for extracting data from several data sources across an enterprise, comprising:
- (a) a code segment that allows a user to select a search type based on categories selected from a first group of categories including a person category, a document category, a topic category, a project category and a client category;
- (b) a code segment that allows a user to input a search query;
- (c) a code segment that receives data items found during a search based on the search query;
- (d) a code segment that automatically displays a representation of the data items in a first graphical user interface that includes a plurality of categories of information associated with each of the data items found during the search;
- (e) a code segment that displays a data record associated with a respective data items in a second graphical user interface upon selection of a respective one of the data items in the first graphical user interface, wherein the data record includes a plurality of nodes capable of expanding in a tree format, wherein the nodes includes a second group of categories that may be selected from a group of categories including a person category, a document category, a topic category, a project category and a client category;
- (f) a code segment that displays a detailed view of one of the nodes upon selection of the one of the nodes by the user.
A system for providing a user interface for a data management application, the data management application being for extracting data from several data sources across an enterprise, comprising:
- (a) logic that allows a user to select a search type based on categories selected from a first group of categories including a person category, a document category, a topic category, a project category and a client category;
- (b) logic that allows the user to input a search query;
- (c) logic that receives data items found during a search based on the search query;
- (d) logic that automatically displays a representation of the data items in a first graphical user interface that includes a plurality of categories of information associated with each of the data items found during the search;
- (e) logic that displays a data record associated with a respective data item in a second graphical user interface upon selection of a respective one of the data items in the first graphical user interface, wherein the data record includes a plurality of nodes capable of expanding in a tree format, wherein the nodes includes a second group of categories that may be selected from a group of categories including a person category, a document category, a topic category, a project category and a client category;
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- (f) logic that displays a detailed view of one of the nodes upon selection of the one of the nodes by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.