Patent ID: 9177266
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for displaying information associated with genealogical records, the system comprising: a computer processor; and a storage memory coupled with the computer processor, the storage memory including a set of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer processor, cause the computer processor to implement the steps including: storing a plurality of genealogical records; providing a plurality of icons; associating each genealogical record with an icon of the plurality of icons; providing a genealogical display comprising: positioning a single icon in the docking field; and displaying simultaneously in a view on the display device: wherein, upon selection of the at least one of the events of the selectable timeline information of events as a user slides along the timeline and encounters the at least one of the events, the at least one of the displayed icons is highlighted among displayed icons of linked genealogical records, and wherein the steps further include: wherein replacing the icon in the docking field comprises scrolling between displayed icons so that a displayed icon in one of the progeny fields, sibling fields, and ancestral fields adjacent the docking field replaces the icon in the docking field during scrolling.