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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2007
Rhys D. Ulerich, Austin, TX (US);
Ian A. Williamson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Rhys D. Ulerich, Austin, TX (US);
Ian A. Williamson, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Multi-sorting of displayed columns representative of a tabular display is carried out by displaying a table of a plurality of columns, selectively displaying a first radial menu having a plurality of sectors, each sector representative of one of the plurality of columns, enabling a user to select one of the sectors, and responsive to a user selection of a sector for displaying a second radial menu of the plurality of sectors wherein the selected one sector is disabled, e.g. eliminated. This is continued through a sequence of subsequent radial menus until the user has selected the intended set of sequential columns for the multiple sorting.