Patent ID: 11960512
Assignee: KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for graphically illustrating a plurality of hierarchical records, the method comprising:
identifying, by a computer device, the plurality of hierarchical records based on a user request, wherein each current record in the plurality of hierarchical records includes at least one parent field identifying a parent record of the current record, wherein the parent record is higher in hierarchy than the current record;
identifying, by the computer device, a child record among the plurality of hierarchical records having one or more parent fields identifying a first parent record and a second parent record of the child record;
determining a first x-y coordinate on a display device for rendering a first shape representing the child record at a first hierarchical level;
determining, based on the first x-y coordinate, a second x-y coordinate on the display device for rendering a second shape representing the first parent record of the child record at a second hierarchical level, wherein the first x-y coordinate and the second x-y coordinate are determined without considering the second parent record;
determining, based on the second x-y coordinate, a third x-y coordinate on the display device for rendering a third shape representing the second parent record of the child record at a same hierarchical level as the first parent record, wherein the first hierarchical level is a next hierarchical level directly below the second hierarchical level;
rendering, by the computer device, the first shape at the first x-y coordinate, the second shape at the second x-y coordinate and the third shape at the third x-y coordinate, wherein the first shape represents the child record, the second shape represents the first parent record, and the third shape represents the second parent record, wherein such that the first parent record and the second parent record are rendered on the same hierarchical level, wherein the first x-y coordinate, the second x-y coordinate and the third x-y coordinate on a first display device having a first set of dimensions is different than the first x-y coordinate, the second x-y coordinate and the third x-y coordinate on a second display device having a second set of dimensions, wherein the first display device has a different size than the second display device; and
graphically connecting, by the computer device, the first shape with the second shape and the third shape to illustrate the plurality of hierarchical records on the display device.