Patent ID: 9274684
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G05B,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method in a data processing system for navigating information, the method comprising: identifying, using a processor of the data processing system, a value for a property of a first object associated with one or more devices managed by a management system; grouping a plurality of objects into first groups and displaying a first plurality of tiles for the plurality of objects according to the first groups, at least one of the displayed first groups of the first tiles including more than one of the displayed first tiles, the plurality of objects including the first object, a first tile in the first plurality of tiles being for the first object, the first tile including a display of a graphic associated with the first object and the identified value for the property; identifying a plurality of related objects that are related to the first object and displaying a second plurality of tiles for the related objects in response to receiving a selection of the first tile, wherein displaying the second plurality of tiles for the related objects comprises grouping the related objects into second groups based on object type and displaying the second plurality of tiles for the related objects according to the second groups, each of the second groups of the second tiles including a number of the second tiles and at least one of the displayed second groups of the second tiles including more than one of the displayed second tiles; displaying, in response to receiving a selection of a second tile, in the second plurality of tiles, for one of the related objects, information about the one related object; displaying, in response to receiving a predefined user input while displaying the second plurality of tiles for the related objects according to the second groups, third tiles for the second groups of the second tiles, each of the displayed third tiles representing a respective one of the second groups of the second tiles and including display of a numeral for the number of the second tiles in the respective group, the predefined user input being a different input than selection of a tile; and displaying, in response to receiving a selection of one of the third tiles for one of the second groups, the second tiles for the related objects that are in the one second group of the selected third tile.