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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Anna Cecilia Brenner, Amsterdam, NL;
Peter Samuel Penning, Amsterdam, NL;
Dirck Jan Heijting, Amsterdam, NL;
Gregg Brian Heard, Amsterdam, NL;
Anna Cecilia Brenner, Amsterdam, NL;
Peter Samuel Penning, Amsterdam, NL;
Dirck Jan Heijting, Amsterdam, NL;
Gregg Brian Heard, Amsterdam, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The method of the invention enables a user to select one or more items from a collection of items, said collection of items being organized in a hierarchy. The method comprises the steps of allowing the user to select a point in the hierarchy in a first view and allowing the user to select criteria from a list of criteria in a second view (), the criteria being used to filter items () from the collection of items. The method further comprises the steps of determining which specific ones of said criteria match none of the items corresponding to said selected point in the hierarchy and unselecting said specific criteria in said second view (). The device of the invention comprises electronic circuitry which is operative to perform the method of the invention. The computer program product of the invention enables a programmable device to perform the method of the invention.