Patent ID: 9280256
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system for displaying a hierarchical organization, comprising: a processor configured to: receive an indication to display a hierarchical organization; cause a first group with focus at a focus level to display within a first circle, wherein the first circle includes one or more members of the first group and at least a first group head, and wherein the first group head is a member of a second group in the hierarchical organization, wherein the first group head is displayed in the middle of the first circle with the one or more members arranged radially around the first group head inside the first circle, wherein a member of the one or more members is a head of a below group and is displayed as a stack of overlapping polygons indicating the below group inside the first circle; and cause the second group in the hierarchical organization to display within a second circle, wherein the second circle is associated with a level above the focus level of the hierarchical organization and the level above the focus level is associated with the first group head of the first group, wherein the second group comprises the first group head as a member and a second group head in the center of the second circle, wherein the second circle further comprises one or more second group members, wherein a member of the one or more second group members is a head of a group that is caused to be displayed as a stack of overlapping polygons inside the second circle; cause a third group in the hierarchical organization to display within a third circle, wherein the third circle comprises the second group head as a member and a third group head in the center of the third circle; and cause the first circle, the second circle, and the third circle to display simultaneously as non-concentric circles arranged offset from each other at an angle in a swirl; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.