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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Howard B. Bernstein, Lexington, MA (US);
Adrien Bisson, Westford, MA (US);
Eleonora Ludin, Newton, MA (US);
Mia Stern, Arlington, MA (US);
Howard B. Bernstein, Lexington, MA (US);
Adrien Bisson, Westford, MA (US);
Eleonora Ludin, Newton, MA (US);
Mia Stern, Arlington, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products for graphical user interface presentation to implement filtering of a large unbounded hierarchy. Exemplary embodiments include a method including retrieving the file hierarchy tree for presentation on the display, the file hierarchy tree representative of a plurality of nodes, navigating the file hierarchy tree to identify nodes for selection in a sub-group of nodes, receiving a node selection signal, presenting the selected node with a highlight on the display, receiving a menu selection signal, displaying a menu on the display including an option to create a filter, receiving a filter creation selection signal, displaying a popup dialog box on the display, the popup dialog box including an option to create a new filter and edit an existing filter, receiving a dialog box selection signal and displaying a filtered hierarchy tree on the display, the filtered hierarchy tree including the sub-group of nodes.