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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
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);
Aaron Joseph Green, San Francisco, CA (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);
Aaron Joseph Green, San Francisco, CA (US);
Julian Challenger, Reading, GB;
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and system for providing a user interface representing organization hierarchy wherein a group of entities can be displayed as a node, and the node is displayed as a part of a hierarchical chart. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a graphical user interface displaying nodes that represent groups of entities, and the nodes are displayed as a part of a hierarchical chart based on the hierarchical relationship among the nodes that represent groups of entities. In various embodiments, a user is able to select actions for a group of entities displayed on the same node. Based on various criteria, nodes displaying one group of entities may, based on user selections of different grouping criteria, display a different group of entities. There are other features as well, in the graphical interface.