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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2010
Chuanbo Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Huajun Luo, Shanghai, CN;
Yue Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Daniel D. Ward, Renton, WA (US);
Justin K. Stanton, Redmond, WA (US);
Chung Man Yiu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jie Du, Shanghai, CN;
David C. James, Snohomish, WA (US);
Leyu Feng, Shanghai, CN;
Chuanbo Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Huajun Luo, Shanghai, CN;
Yue Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Daniel D. Ward, Renton, WA (US);
Justin K. Stanton, Redmond, WA (US);
Chung Man Yiu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jie Du, Shanghai, CN;
David C. James, Snohomish, WA (US);
Leyu Feng, Shanghai, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Displaying a hierarchy. A method includes identifying a set of nodes representing sites in a hierarchy. The set of nodes share one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy. The method further includes determining that the set of nodes, as a set, meet a predetermined condition. As a result of the nodes sharing the one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy and as a result of the set meeting the predetermined condition, the method further includes aggregating at least a portion of the set of nodes. The method further includes displaying in a graphical user interface a representation of the hierarchy including displaying the aggregated portion as a single entity in the hierarchy.