Patent ID: 7237187
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: displaying a list of items in an electronic catalog, each item corresponding to a row of the display, each row having values corresponding to attributes of the corresponding items arranged into attribute columns; grouping some of the displayed items based on a selected attribute upon receiving a grouping command from a viewer of the display so that the grouped items are displayed in a single row having attributes corresponding to attributes of the grouped items and attribute values corresponding to the attribute values of the grouped items, wherein the grouping command is received after displaying the list of items; expanding the grouped items upon receiving an expand command from a viewer of the display so that the grouped items are each displayed in a separate row, wherein the expand command is received after displaying the list of items and after a group command is received; removing a row corresponding to an item or to grouped items from the display upon receiving a row remove command from a viewer of the display, wherein the row remove command is received after displaying the list of items; and removing a column corresponding to an attribute of the items from the display upon receiving a column remove command from a viewer of the display, wherein the column remove command is received after displaying the list of items.