Patent ID: 6381611
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G06F,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for the entry, review and update of data in a hierarchically-organized database comprising:(a) creating the hierarchically-organized database, said database having a root node, said root code having at least one child node, and also having further descendant nodes; (b) displaying the root node and each of the at least one child nodes of the root node as a set of selectable buttons; (c) navigating the database by selecting one of the selectable buttons at a time; (d) retaining the display of only the selected button and its parent button to prevent display space from being consumed through the display of one or more unneeded parent buttons, and displaying all of the child nodes associated with the selected node as selectable child buttons: (e) repetitively selecting said child buttons and erasing completely from the display one or more child buttons that are not selected, but retaining ancestor buttons in the display, thereby enabling navigation back up the hierarchy by selecting one or more previously selected and retained visible ancestor buttons; and entering new data by selecting a selectable button for the input of new data pertaining to the currently displayed node.