Patent ID: 9069448
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of filtering a plurality of objects associated with a virtual application in a system including a database maintaining the plurality of objects, the method comprising: providing a first graphical user interface element enabling indication of a first object type of a plurality of object types supported by the virtual application, each object type of the plurality of object types defining respective fields associated with one or more objects of the plurality of objects having that respective object type, wherein values for the respective fields of one or more objects of the plurality having the first object type are maintained as metadata in the database; providing a second graphical user interface element enabling indication of a second object type of a second plurality of object types supported by the virtual application, each object type of the second plurality being capable of being associated with the first object type indicated by the first graphical user interface element, and each object type of the second plurality of object types defining respective fields associated with one or more objects of the plurality of objects having that respective object type, wherein values for the respective fields of one or more objects of the plurality having the second object type are maintained as metadata in the database; providing a third graphical user interface element enabling indication of a dissociative filtering operation from a plurality of possible filtering operations; and after indication of the dissociative filtering operation, the first object type and the second object type, identifying a filtered set of objects of the first object type, wherein: