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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
Allan Folting, Redmond, WA (US);
Anatoly V Grabar, Redmond, WA (US);
Tigran Hayrapetyan, Woodinville, WA (US);
Allan Folting, Redmond, WA (US);
Anatoly V Grabar, Redmond, WA (US);
Tigran Hayrapetyan, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Generally described, embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to sort and/or filter information contained in a summary table based on related information that may not be included in the summary table. According to one aspect, a computer-readable medium having computer executable components for filtering or sorting information displayed in a summary table is provided. Included in the computer executable medium is a category receipt and identification component configured to receive selections of categories and identify related categories contained in a dataset represented by the summary table. Also included in the computer-readable medium is a filtering component and a sorting component, each configured to control the structure and criteria upon which information contained in a category displayed in the data summary table may be filtered or sorted.