Patent ID: 7242413
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for selectively displaying portions of a hierarchical data set on an electronic display, the method comprising: displaying at least a portion of the hierarchical data set on the electronic display in a tree diagram format; obtaining user input to identify one or more nodes in the tree diagram that are to be hidden; and partially collapsing at least one node in the tree diagram to hide the one or more identified nodes, wherein the partial collapse comprises collapsing the at least one node to hide some, but not all, of the children nodes of the at least one node; wherein a dialog box is associated with the at least one node in the tree diagram, and wherein the dialog box displays at least some of the at least one node's descendant nodes to facilitate obtaining the user input identifying the one or more nodes that are to be hidden.