Patent ID: 7058653
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G06Q,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of using a computer for correlating a plurality of objects to form a tree system diagram, comprising the step of: storing, in a first storing part of a memory, an identifier specific to each of the plurality of objects which objects are written on a first worksheet of a tree system diagram; selecting by a user at least one object among the plurality of objects written on said first worksheet; pasting the at least one object among the plurality of objects written on said first worksheet to a second worksheet by clicking a copy icon of an operation panel; changing the identifier of the at least one object to be pasted to a second identifier from the identifier stored in said first storing part; correlating the plurality of objects by specifying a hierarchical order of the plurality of objects using identifiers thereof, wherein the identifier once stored in the first storing part is left undeleted and is used for a next select object even if the at least one object to which the identifier is specific is deleted; outputting the pasted at least one object in the second worksheet as a tree system diagram in which the pasted at least one object is correlated to the plurality of objects; wherein the changing comprises the steps of: storing, in a second storing part of the memory, the second identifier given to the at least one object on the second worksheet before the at least one object is pasted, and giving an identifier other than the second identifier stored in said second storing part to the at least one object pasted; and wherein the giving comprises the steps of: counting a number of objects pasted to the second worksheet; counting a number of identifiers stored in the second storing part; giving an identifier obtained by incrementing an identifier stored in the second storing part if the number of objects counted agrees with the number of identifiers counted; and allocating a free identifier to an identifier of the pasted at least one object if the number of objects counted does not agree with the number of the identifiers counted.