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US 8,276,059 B2Granted
Displaying detailed information in the context of a condensed enumeration of information
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsDaniela K. Busse, Ramshankar Venkatasubramanian, Kevin Wang
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Abstract
Systems and techniques for displaying detailed information in the context of a condensed enumeration of information. For example, in one aspect, in one aspect, a display includes a visual rendition of a table that systematically arranges condensed information in a collection of rows and columns for reference by a human user. The table includes information characterizing a collection of items. The visual rendition of the table comprises a region that renders additional detail regarding a first item in the collection. The region is disposed in the midst of the visual rendition of the table.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a collection of one or more data storage devices storing information;
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- a display device comprising a visual rendition of a table that systematically arranges the information stored at the one or more data storage devices in a collection of rows and columns, wherein the table includes information associated with a collection of items, wherein the visual rendition of the table is configured to replace a row selected by a user with a region configured to render at least one of a plurality of categories of additional detail for a first item included in a user-selected row in the collection of rows, wherein the additional detail is stored at the one or more data storage devices and is available to be rendered in the region, wherein the region is disposed below a first row disposed immediately above the user-selected row prior to the user selection and above a second row disposed immediately below the selected row prior to the user selection, wherein the region includes a plurality of interactive display elements, each configured for selection by a human user and corresponding to a particular category of additional detail in the plurality of categories of additional detail, each interactive display element operable, when selected, to trigger rendering, in the region, of a category of the stored and available additional detail corresponding to the selected interactive display element.
A method comprising:
- one or more data processing devices displaying a rendition of a table on an display device in accordance with the logic of a set of machine-readable instructions, wherein the table condenses a collection of information stored at one or more data storage devices for display to a human user;
- the one or more data processing devices receiving a trigger, the trigger identifying a particular row in the table that includes information describing an item;
- in response to the trigger, the one or more data processing devices changing the rendition of the table to provide, based on the collection of information stored at the one or more data storage devices, additional detail describing the item, the additional detail rendered in a region replacing the particular row and beneath a first row disposed immediately above the particular row prior to the trigger and above a second row disposed immediately below the particular row prior to the trigger, wherein changing the rendition of the table comprises rendering a collection of interactive visual elements within the region, each interactive visual elements respectively specifying a different category of additional detail, the additional detail stored at the one or more data storage devices and available to be rendered;
- the one or more data processing devices receiving user interaction with a first of the interactive visual elements;
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- in response to the user interaction with the first interactive visual element, the one or more data processing devices changing the table to render the stored and available additional detail of the respectively specified category within the region.
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An article comprising one or more tangible machine-readable data storage media storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations comprising:
- displaying a condensed enumeration of information that is stored at one or more data storage devices on a display screen, the information describing a plurality of items, the condensed enumeration including a plurality of rows, each row in the plurality of rows associated with at least one item in the plurality of items;
- receiving information identifying a particular row in the plurality of rows associated with a first item in the plurality of items;
- replacing the particular row with an expanded region;
- displaying a plurality of widgets in the expanded region, each of the widgets specifying a different category of further detail regarding the first item, wherein the further detail is stored at the one or more data storage devices and available to be rendered;
- receiving user interaction with a first of the widgets in the collection, wherein the first widget specifies a first category of the stored and available further detail;
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- displaying the stored and available further detail of the first category in the expanded region in response to the user interaction with the first widget.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.