Patent ID: 6567846
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for providing a data browser user interface executable a first computer system coupled to a computer network connecting a plurality of interconnected computer systems, wherein a plurality of information objects that are instances of class definitions resides in the computer systems, and wherein the class definitions include attribute/value pairs, the method comprising:displaying one or more information objects in a first display; accepting signals selecting a first information object that is a first instance of one of the class definitions; showing one or more of the attribute/value pairs of the first information object; accepting signals make a relational condition based on the attribute/value pairs of the first information object; transferring the relational condition, an identifier for the first information object and an identifier for the first computer system to one or more computers in the network; when the relational condition is satisfied by a second information object in the network that is a second instance of the class definition of the first information object, receiving and displaying at least a portion of the second information object that satisfies the relational condition in the first display; accepting signals designating an extended viewer; and using the designated viewer to show one or more of the attribute/value pairs of the first information object in a second display different from the first display.