Patent ID: 6745203
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for providing a data browser user interface executing on a first computer system coupled to a computer network including a plurality of interconnected computer systems, wherein a plurality of information objects that are instances of class definitions resides in the plurality of interconnected computer systems, and wherein the class definitions include attribute/value pairs, the method comprising:displaying one or more information objects in the fist computer system; selecting a first information object that is a first instance of one of the class definitions; showing one or more of the attribute/value pairs of the first information object; making a relational condition based on the attribute/value pairs of the first information object; transferring the relational condition, an identifier for the first information object and an identifier for the first computer system to the plurality of interconnected computer systems in the network; and when the relational condition is satisfied by a second information object in the network that is a second instance of the class definition of the first information object, receiving and displaying at least a portion of the second information object that satisfies the relational condition.