Patent ID: 6363393
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for accessing business da stored in one or more databases by a user comprising:a) a display presenting a user with a plurality of components, each component representing a discrete element of a business model, having a defined relationship with each of a plurality of other components of the plurality of components, and including a plurality of information objects, each information object representing an instance of the component business element; b) a user input device responsive to manipulation by a user to select a first one from among any of the plurality of components; c) a user input device responsive to manipulation by a user to select a first one of the plurality of information objects from the first component; d) software including control logic instantiating first information object from data stored in the one or more databases; e) a user input device responsive to manipulation by a user to cause the first information object to interact with a second component selected from among any of a plurality of component other than the first component, the second component being selected from any one of the plurality of components other than the first component; and f) control logic generating a report showing information objects of the second component which represent instances of the second component related to the first information object.