Patent ID: 11861379
Assignee: AVEVA SOFTWARE, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. The hierarchical display system of claim 10,
wherein a fill mode is a fill from current and look up then down mode; and
wherein the fill from current and look up then down mode comprises:
filling, by the one or more processors, the one or more panes with content from a navigational item selected by a user;

for any of the one or more panes that are still empty:
querying, by the one or more processors, a next higher level of the hierarchy for additional commands or content to apply to the one or more still empty panes;
applying, by the one or more processors, the content to the one or more still empty panes;
continuing, by the one or more processors, to the next higher level of the hierarchy and applying, by the one or more processors, the content until all of the one or more panes are filled or a root of the navigational model is reached;

if the root is reached and any of the one or more panes remain empty, querying, by the one or more processors, a next lower level of the hierarchy for additional commands or content to apply to the one or more remaining empty panes;
applying, by the one or more processors, the content to one or more remaining empty panes; and
continuing, by the one or more processors, to the next lower level of the hierarchy and applying, by the one or more processors, a content from that level until all of the one or more remaining empty panes are filled or a leaf of the navigational model is reached.