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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Srinivas Chari, Toronto, CA;
Crystal J. Su, Toronto, CA;
Srinivas Chari, Toronto, CA;
Crystal J. Su, Toronto, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a methodology for truncating a logical structure having data matching a predefined pattern. For example, the present invention truncates a logical structure so that branches of the structure are automatically ceased at a recursive ancestor instead of at a descendant. By using the methodology of the present invention, the total number of nodes of the logical structure that is automatically displayed for a user is represented by the formula N*N+1. Thus, when N=10, the total number of nodes that are automatically displayed for the user is 101. This quantity is far more user friendly than the 9,864,101 nodes that would be displayed when N=10 under previous approaches.