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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Benoit Schmitlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Sander Martijn Viegers, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris Edwards, Seattle, WA (US);
Benoit Schmitlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Sander Martijn Viegers, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris Edwards, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for presenting and browsing hierarchical data. A hierarchical chart is displayed with a primary entity being displayed in a center region of the display. One or more peers to the primary entity are displayed along a horizontal axis in comparison to the primary entity. One or more parents to the primary entity are displayed above the primary entity, and one or more children to the primary entity are displayed beneath the primary entity. A method for performing searches against a hierarchical chart is also described. Input is received for a name to search for in a hierarchical chart. A filter criteria selection is received. A search is performed against the hierarchical chart to find one or more matching records that match the name and the filter criteria. The one or more matching records are displayed, with at least a name and photo.