Patent ID: 6380947
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G06F,G06T,G11B

Abstract:
A method for displaying hierarchical data, the method comprising:displaying a plurality of parent nodes within a first display area, each displayed parent node of the plurality of parent nodes having at least one child node; determining that at most one child node for each displayed parent node of the plurality of parent nodes is to be displayed; receiving a child node scrolling instruction; determining a child node display percentile based at least in part on the child node scrolling instruction; selecting one child node of each displayed parent node of the plurality of parent nodes based at least in part on the determined child node display percentile; and displaying each selected one child node of each displayed parent node of the plurality of parent nodes in a second display area, each displayed child node being displayed as associated with the displayed parent node of the displayed child node.