Patent ID: 9183231
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to: receive a selection of a first data item in an interactive table, wherein the selected first data item is associated with a first column of the interactive table; identify data items in the interactive table, related to the selected first data item, wherein the identified data items are associated with a plurality of other columns of the interactive table; modify the interactive table to render, in the plurality of other columns, only the associated data items identified as related to the selected first data item to present a first level of relationships between the selected first data item and the data items identified as related to the selected first data item; receive a selection of a second data item within the data items identified as related to the selected first data item, wherein the selected second data item is associated with a second column of the plurality of other columns of the interactive table; identify one or more data items related to the selected second data item within the data items identified as related to the selected first data item, wherein the identified one or more data items are associated with at least one remaining column of the plurality of other columns of the interactive table; and modify the previously modified interactive table to render, in the at least one remaining column of the plurality of other columns, only the associated one or more data items identified as related to the selected second data item to present a second level of relationships between the selected first data item, the selected second data item and the one or more data items identified as related to the selected second data item.