Patent ID: 8436871
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A graphical user interface (GUI) for the display and sorting of data, the graphical user interface comprising: a plurality of columns, including a first column; a plurality of rows, including a first row; a first data cell defined by the intersection of the first column and the first row; a first data value of a first data type displayed in the first data cell at a first position; a second data value of a second data type displayed in the first data cell at a second position, wherein the first and second positions are different; a first header associated with the first column and including a first header label that identifies the first data type, the first header label located within the first header at a position corresponding to the first position of the first data value within the first data cell; and a second header associated with the first column and including a second header label that identifies the second data type, the second header label located within the second header at a position corresponding to the second position of the second data value within the first data cell wherein the first position is vertically separated from the second position within the first data cell and at least within a portion of the first data value and a portion of the second data value overlap in a horizontal direction.