Patent ID: 7398277
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for providing access to events associated with an object, the method comprising the steps of: merging a first history of sequential linked events with a second history of sequential linked events to form a merged history, wherein the merged history includes a segregation of the first and second histories up to a merge juncture and a unified history of sequential linked events thereafter, the merge juncture representing a point at which the first and second histories are merged; providing a graphical user interface to display the events within the merged history; allowing a user to access the merge juncture; when the merge juncture is accessed, providing the user, via the graphical user interface, an option of accessing an event in the first history that immediately precedes the merge juncture or an event in the second history that immediately precedes the merge juncture; and selectively providing access to the merge juncture via the graphical interface when the last event associated with the first or second history is accessed.