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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Edward Cordes, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
George E. Hall, Jr., Hillsborough, NC (US);
David Bruce Lection, Raleigh, NC (US);
Anthony Edward Martinez, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ;
Abstract
An efficient and intuitive means, method and apparatus for displaying and searching information organized in a hierarchical manner. The presented method for displaying and searching information utilizes methods residing at the nodes of the hierarchically organized information.