Patent ID: 8341163
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: opening a filter interface view from a first source data object; displaying at least one of a shared and a local filter component, and at least one source data object in the filter interface view; receiving a selection for a filter component from the filter interface view; receiving a selection for a second source data object from the filter interface view, wherein the second source data object is not assigned to the selected filter component; assigning the selected filter component to the first and second source data objects, wherein the selected filter component becomes a shared filter component; assigning any shared filter components used by the first and second source data objects to a shared filter group of shared filter components, wherein the shared filter components of the shared filter group are usable by the first and second source data objects; and filtering data from multiple source data objects using the shared filter component.