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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6816175
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09396595

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The present invention relates to means and a method executable by a computer system for navigation within a tree structure with leaf nodes representing arbitrary types of objects, i.e. of related data treated as a unit. According to the current teaching a travel point representation step is suggested, wherein after selection of at least one non-leaf node as travel point only the path and non-leaf nodes in said tree structure from said travel point to the root of said tree structure is represented in a tree view area. Moreover the complete sub-tree of said travel point is represented in said tree view area. In addition or alternatively after selection of said travel point, a travel box is represented for said travel point, said travel box representing object identifications of all objects of all leaf nodes in said sub tree of said travel point.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hamp, Birgit Stuttgart, DE 1 169
Mueller, Adrian Boeblingen, DE 2 542
Neumann, Frank Boeblingen, DE 41 869
Opalka, Annette Stuttgart, DE 1 169
Seiffert, Roland Herrenberg, DE 37 1690

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