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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Bruce A Makinen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing interaction with a presentation of a tree structure in a graphical user interface are provided. Briefly described, one such method comprises the steps of: displaying a tree structure on a first portion of a graphical user interface; receiving a search request for an object in the tree structure having a predefined value via a second portion of the graphical user interface; displaying a search result in a third portion of the graphical user interface, the search result comprising one or more locations that satisfy the search request; and in response to selection of one of the locations, modifying the tree structure to display the selected location of the object having the predefined value.