Patent ID: 9542478
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H02G

Claim:
1. A method implemented with a processor for displaying hierarchical data, comprising: displaying hierarchical data to a user using a grid, wherein the hierarchical data displayed in a user interface comprises: receiving a user selection of the selectable interface component to navigate to the portion of the hierarchical data that is of interest; creating a gridcrumb structure to maintain a filter and a hierarchical context based at least in part on the user selection of the selectable interface component, wherein the filter is based at least in part on the user selection of the selectable interface component and the hierarchical context tracks navigation through the hierarchical data; applying the filter to generate filtered hierarchical data, wherein the hierarchical data is filtered to identify the portion of the hierarchical data that is of interest; and navigating to a new set of interface content that displays the filtered hierarchical data and the hierarchical context to the user, wherein the filtered hierarchical data displayed in a new grid in the new set of interface content comprises: