Patent ID: 9710789
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer program product comprising a non-transient machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising: rendering, for display on a display device, an organizational chart view, the organizational chart view comprising a plurality of icons each representing a person in an organization, the plurality of icons being arranged to reflect a hierarchical organizational structure of the organization; receiving a first user input, the first user input comprising designation of two or more of the plurality of icons as part of a selected population; receiving a second user input, the second user input comprising a selection of an analytical view to be applied to the selected population; morphing the organizational chart view to the selected analytical view, the morphing comprising generating animation effects to translate the plurality of icons in the selected population to form the selected analytical view by displaying the plurality of icons in the selected population in motion such that a user can visually track the translating of the plurality of icons in the selected population as they form the selected analytical view; receiving a third user input, the third user input comprising a new selection of a different analytical view to be applied to the selected population; and second morphing the analytical view by moving the two or more of the plurality of icons from first screen positions in the analytical view to second screen positions in the different analytical view without requiring new user designation of the selected population, the second morphing in response to the received third user input.