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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2006
Robert J. Torres, Colleyville, TX (US);
Douglas S. Brown, Charlotte, NC (US);
Alexander W. Holt, New Platz, NY (US);
Michael E. Moran, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
James R. Rudd, Charlotte, NC (US);
Robert J. Torres, Colleyville, TX (US);
Douglas S. Brown, Charlotte, NC (US);
Alexander W. Holt, New Platz, NY (US);
Michael E. Moran, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
James R. Rudd, Charlotte, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The Facet Navigator permits users to set custom constraints for searching databases by facet, displays facets representing fields in a database, and provides a manipulator for each facet. The manipulator may be a slider bar, or a drop-down menu, or some other interactive device known to persons skilled in the art. When a user sets constraints for a facet with the manipulator, the Facet Navigator searches the database based on the constraints and displays a list of items in the database that satisfy the constraints. The Facet Navigator displays a preview of interim results whenever a cursor is moved over an active region of the manipulator, where the preview includes details of database items meeting a search criteria based on the location of the cursor on the manipulator.