Patent ID: 9152935
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. On a computer having a touch sensitive screen that can display icons representing data objects, where icons can be dragged and dropped, a system for managing relationships between data objects comprising: a touch screen; a first displayed icon on said touch screen representing a first data object stored in a database; a second displayed icon on said touch screen representing a second data object stored in the database; a set of executable instructions running on said computer adapted to create a data_tie between said first data object and said second data object when said first icon is dragged and dropped on to said second icon, the data_tie representing a particular relationship between the first data object and the second data object; a connection table in the database adapted to store information relating to said particular relationship; and wherein a graphical indicator is displayed on said computer between said first and second icon to show existence of said data_tie between said first and second data objects, the graphical indicator being annotated to display information relating to the particular relationship between the first data object and the second data object, wherein the first and second icon have sizes related to a total number of data_ties associated with them.