Patent ID: 9507835
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented on a suitably programmed processing device for accessing data from a data source, comprising: using search-on-the-fly, displaying, by a processor, an initial view of the data source, the initial view comprising as a first data field result list, a dynamically-determined set of first available data fields upon which a data query may be run; and executing data queries, comprising: executing a search-on-the-fly operation, comprising: receiving a selection of a first data field from the first available data fields; and displaying as a first data element result list, a first set of available data elements of the selected first data field, executing a sort-on-the-fly operation, comprising: displaying a sort-on-the-fly option; receiving a sort-on-the-fly command from a selection of the sort-on-the-fly option, wherein the selection generates a second view comprising as a decremented data field result list, all data fields from the initial view except the selected first available data field; and displaying the second view of the data source, and repeating search-on-the-fly and sort-on-the-fly operations until a desired data query result is achieved.