Patent ID: 7587666
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a plurality of data objects, each of the data objects having an object type of a predefined set of object types, each object type including a set of attributes, wherein the set of attributes for each object type includes first attributes designated as attributes that change less frequently over time and second attributes designated as attributes that change more frequently over time than the first attributes, the method comprising: displaying a first table including a row for each data object of the plurality of data objects and a column for each attribute of the set of attributes; receiving a selection of an object type; in response to the selection of the object type, displaying a second table including a row for each data object of the plurality of data objects having the selected object type and a column for each of the first attributes, but no rows for data objects of the plurality of data objects that do not have the selected object type and no columns for any of the second attributes; receiving a selection of one of the data objects in the first table or the second table; and displaying a third table including a row for each attribute included in the row of the selected data object and a column that includes attribute values, wherein the first, second, and third tables are displayed in respective first, second, and third display areas.