Patent ID: 6289338
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: G01D,G01R,G06F,G06Q,Y02B,Y04S,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for displaying database relationships on a display device coupled to a processor, the method comprisingstoring attribute-value (a-v) pairs associated with records in a database, wherein the database is coupled to the processor, wherein an a-v pair is a child of a parent a-v pair if the parent a-v pair appears in every entry of the database in which the child a-v pair appears;displaying an a-v pair of interest at the top-center of the display device;displaying one or more partial child a-v pairs in a column beneath the a-v pair of interest, wherein a partial child a-v pair appears in one or more records with the a-v pair of interest;displaying one or more parents of the a-v pair of interest in a column on the display device; anddisplaying one or more children of the a-v pair of interest in a column on the display device.