Patent ID: 9514249
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for customizing a data tree hierarchy, the method comprising: providing, to a plurality of communication devices that are each associated with one or more respective users, access to a data tree hierarchy defined by data stored on one or more storage devices, the data tree hierarchy including a plurality of data items, each of the plurality of data items positionable at one of a plurality of hierarchal levels, wherein: receiving, from one or more of the plurality of communication devices, user input defining a parent-child relationship between (i) one or more selected data items and (ii) an existing first summary data item at the first, parent level, wherein the parent-child relationship assigns the one or more selected data items to a second, child level associated with the existing first summary data item not previously having associated data items at the second, child level at the time the user input defining the parent-child relationship between the one or more selected data items and the existing first summary data item is received, and wherein each of the one or more selected data items includes one or more data fields that: calculating, with a computing device, a numerical summary value for one or more of the summary fields of the first summary data item, wherein the summary value is calculated automatically in response to receiving the user input defining the parent-child relationship between the one or more selected data items and the existing first summary data item, the summary value is calculated based on a predefined algorithm, and the summary value is calculated based on the numerical value in the one or more data fields of the one or more selected data items; and storing the calculated summary value.