Netscape Communications Corporation

Bryce Alan Glass

Paige K Parsons

A common interface solution to the problem of burgeoning information sets, referred to as inline tree filters, structures the represented data in a hierarchical tree. Inline filters are information-filtration devices that are applied to a traditional interface element, such as a hierarchical tree viewer. The invention provides a technique that enables the user to choose selectively the data that they want to display, while not otherwise altering the behavior and interaction of the tree viewer itself. Inline tree filters are suitable for any graphical user interface that could potentially use a tree viewer.

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Bryce Alan Glass