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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Anthony P. Scherk, Midway, KY (US);
Timothy R. Schwarzen, Charlotte, NC (US);
Timothy G. Shanahan, Boulder, CO (US);
Gregory R. E. Wiley, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and methods for managing large user selections in an application. An invertible collection software module solves the problem of managing a large number of user selections within an application. When not inverted, the invertible collection tracks what a user has selected. When inverted, the invertible collection tracks what a user has not selected thus saving memory. One method may comprise defining a specific context having a set of items available for user selection, representing, by an empty inverted invertible collection, the selection of all items within the specific context, tracking one or more items a user has deselected within the specific context depending upon whether the collection is inverted or not inverted and tracking one or more items a user has deselected.