Patent ID: 9292181
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising: providing by a system a first graphical user interface element capable of being used by a user to indicate one of a first plurality of possible object types for filtering a plurality of objects stored by the system; receiving by the system from the user via the first graphical user interface element an indication of a first object type from the first plurality of possible object types; after receiving the indication of the first object type, determining by the system a second plurality of possible object types as a function of the first object type, the second plurality of possible object types being different from the first object type; providing by the system a second graphical user interface element capable of being used by the user to indicate one of the second plurality of possible object types for filtering the plurality of objects; receiving by the system from the user via the second graphical user interface element an indication of a second object type from the second plurality of possible object types; and providing by the system a third graphical user interface element having a plurality of possible types of association to be used for filtering the plurality of objects and capable of being used by the user to indicate one of the plurality of possible types of association to be used for filtering the plurality of objects, the plurality of possible types of association including an associative association and a dissociative association; receiving by the system from the user via the third graphical user interface element an indication of a type of association from the plurality of possible types of association; after receiving the indication of the first object type, the indication of the second object type, and the indication of the type of association, identifying by the system a filtered set of objects of the first object type, wherein: the filtered set comprises a subset of the plurality of objects that are of the first object type, and and each object of the subset has the type of association with another object of the plurality of objects that is of the second object type including: