Patent ID: 9645991
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of creating and using a set of dummy tables to re-display a given data table, the given data table having a grid of columns and rows, a plurality of headers and one or more sub-headers, and wherein each of the columns includes a plurality of data cells, the data cells of each of the columns being aligned with one of the headers of the display table, and the data cells of one or more of the columns being aligned with one of the sub-headers of the given data table, the method comprising: creating a set of separate dummy tables from the given data table, the set of separate dummy tables including a first group of the dummy tables including the main headers and said sub-headers, and an additional one of the dummy tables including the columns and the data cells of the display table; positioning the first group of the dummy tables at defined location on a display screen, wherein each of the sub-headers is aligned with one of the main headers; assigning a respective one column number to each of the columns of the additional one of the dummy tables based on the positions of the headers and the sub-headers when the first group of the dummy tables are positioned at the defined locations on the display screen; and positioning the columns of the additional one of the dummy tables on the display screen adjacent the first group of the dummy tables in an order based on the column numbers assigned to the columns of the additional one of the dummy tables; wherein said first group and the additional one of the dummy tables are displayed side-by-side on the display screen and form a single composite table on said display screen.