Patent ID: 8577932
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: a computer system receiving, via a computer-based interface, input selecting a first child node of a plurality of nodes in a computer-accessible information hierarchy, wherein the first child node is a child node to a plurality of parent nodes, and wherein the information hierarchy includes a data path that forms a cycle beginning and ending at the first child node; responsive to the input selecting the first child node, the computer system causing a first visual representation to be presented on a display, wherein the first visual representation identifies all references in the information hierarchy that are references between the plurality of parent nodes and the first child node, including at least two references to the first child node; the computer system receiving, via the computer-based interface, input selecting a first reference of the at least two references to the first child node, wherein the selected first reference corresponds to a particular parent node in the information hierarchy that is one of the plurality of parent nodes of the first child node; and responsive to the input selecting the first reference, the computer system causing the display to directly navigate from the first visual representation to a second visual representation corresponding to the particular parent node.