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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2005
Bernard J. Solomon, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Bernard J. Solomon, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Lifecycle Software Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
The processing systemis disclosed which uses a user interfaceto interact with the search and control engineand the display engine. The search and control engineoperates on a data setto identify specific elements within a directory structure. Display enginecompiles the identified elements in a tree tableto format a displayassociated with the directory structure. Pruning indicatorand a sibling pruning indicatorare used in the displayto inform the user that intermediate directory structures and sibling elements have been omitted from the display in order to show the identified elements in a truncated context within the complex directory structure.