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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2009
Chun-yi Chen, Belmont, CA (US);
Aylin Uysal, Redwood City, CA (US);
Sally Baggett, Healdsburg, CA (US);
Lulit Bezuayehu, Oakland, CA (US);
Prashant Singh, Burlington, MA (US);
Peter Budavari, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Brendon Glazer, Everett, MA (US);
Bret Hekking, Acton, MA (US);
Julian Challenger, Reading, GB;
Chun-Yi Chen, Belmont, CA (US);
Aylin Uysal, Redwood City, CA (US);
Sally Baggett, Healdsburg, CA (US);
Lulit Bezuayehu, Oakland, CA (US);
Prashant Singh, Burlington, MA (US);
Peter Budavari, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Brendon Glazer, Everett, MA (US);
Bret Hekking, Acton, MA (US);
Julian Challenger, Reading, GB;
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and system for providing graphical user interface for displaying hierarchical charts. According to various embodiments, the present invention provides a graphical user interface where relational data are displayed as one or more hierarchical charts. A hierarchical chart includes a plurality of nodes that are organized according to the hierarchical chart. Each of the nodes is associated with a data record that contains multiple level of information. At different view level, different amount of information for the nodes are displayed. A view control function is provided for the graphical user interface. If none (or all) of the nodes are selected, each nodes display the same level of information based associated with a particular view level. If only few of the nodes are selected, only the selected nodes responds changes in view level when being displayed.