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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Michael Jason Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Elizabeth Ann Black-ziegelbein, Iowa City, IA (US);
Tsu-phin Hee, Morrisville, NC (US);
Michael Jason Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Elizabeth Ann Black-Ziegelbein, Iowa City, IA (US);
Tsu-Phin Hee, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The Rule Editing Program (REP) displays a rule in a hierarchical tree topology, wherein individual rule portions can be reordered by moving them to different locations within the rule using drag and drop interaction. Dragging and dropping rule portions results in the rule itself being changed accordingly. Additionally, new rule portions can be added to any part of the rule, including the beginning, middle and end. Finally, the entire rule, and individual rule portions, can be expanded all the way out, and collapsed all the way in.