Patent ID: 6144968
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer software menu management system consisting of,storing a keyword in a controlled vocabulary and its predetermined code in a database that links each said keyword to a parent keyword at a parent level thereby creating a hierarchical organization that has a plurality of levels,selecting a set of keywords from said database that are linked to the same said parent keyword and are located at an identical level in said hierarchical organization,generating a list menu based on said set of keywords,adding a navigation control to said menu system,adding a search control to said menu system,displaying said list menu,fetching a selection made by an end-user associated with said navigation control, with said search control, and with said set of keywords in said list menu,generating another said list menu representing a parent and a child level in said hierarchical organization depending upon the type of navigation control selected by said end-user,fetching at least one said keyword selected by said end-user from said list menu selected when said search control is selected by said end-user,generating a database query that includes at least one said keyword selected by said end-user in said list menu when said search control is selected by said end-user.