Patent ID: 6868412
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a visual modeling tool to perform interactively with the display of a visual multi-level decision tree model in successive decision levels beginning at an initial decision level, by performing the steps of: displaying a decision level of the visual multi-level decision tree model, the decision level including at least one visual object, each visual object being linked to at least one other visual object to form a multi-level decision tree and decision levels with more than one visual object representing a choice between the visual objects; generating a plurality of browser buttons at each decision level for providing information concerning a choice of a visual object; responding to a selection of a browser button to browse considerations, questions, and answers based on the browser button selected as an aid in making a choice of a visual object; responding to a selection a visual object by causing the visual modeling tool to advance a current decision level to a next decision level for non-final visual objects; and continuing with the steps of displaying a decision level, generating a plurality of browser buttons, responding to a selection of a browser button, and responding to a selection of a visual object until a final visual object is selected whereby a plurality of visual objects, each of the visual objects directly depend from visual objects which have been selected by a user, form a visual multi-level decision tree model that is displayed level by level in succession based on user decisions.