Patent ID: 8347227
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying related data elements of a variety of data element types on a computer system including a graphical display, the method comprising: providing an element template collection defining user interface graphics for each of the data element types, said element template collection providing a base appearance definition for each of the data element types; providing a relationship view collection defining spatial relationships between a current element of a first specified type and a set of related data elements of at least a second specified type; providing a set of data elements, by a data provider, the set of data elements describing instances of data elements, each data element in the set of data elements having a corresponding data element type, each data element type having a corresponding template in the element template collection; and applying, by a relationship view control comprising computer-executable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium of the computer system, the element template collection and the relationship view collection to the set of data elements to render a layout view comprising a set of graphical elements corresponding to the set of data elements, said rendering comprising: