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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
May. 10, 2023
Progress Software Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Hui Yeng Chang, Allenstown, NH (US);
Neil Kenny, Galway Connacht, IE;
James Cashman, Byfield, MA (US);
David Leblanc, Madison, WI (US);
John F. Picinich, Brookline, NH (US);
Robert Kudrle, Madison, WI (US);
Progress Software Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining a hierarchical structure including a plurality of components; determining a set of available insertion positions within the hierarchical structure, the set of available positions including a first position, where in an available insertion position is a position within the hierarchical structure that, responsive to a user request, a new component may be inserted into the hierarchical structure; determining a set of inserts available at the first position within the hierarchical structure; presenting a user interface, the user interface representing: the hierarchical structure of the plurality of components; a set of insert elements; receiving a request to insert the new component into the hierarchical structure at the insert position associated with the first insert element; and modifying the hierarchical structure by inserting the new component into the hierarchical structure at the insert position associated with the first insert element.