Patent ID: 7584200
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for graphically mapping objects in a database comprising the steps of: identifying an object of focus within the database; locating a set of related objects satisfying a maximum relation level and excluding from the set of related objects those objects that are related to the object of focus but that are beyond the maximum relation level; and graphically mapping the set of related objects, including generating a display of a database map in which the related objects in the set of related objects are included in the display while related objects that are beyond the maximum relation level are excluded from the display, wherein the object of focus is related to first and second related objects, wherein the first related object is within the maximum relation level relative to the object of focus, wherein the second related object is beyond the maximum relation level relative to the object of focus, and wherein generating the display of the database map includes including the first related object in the display but excluding the second related object from the display.