Patent ID: 6505194
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A database searching device, comprising:a controller with a display, an input device, and connectable to a database containing searchable records; said controller being programmed to display symbols representing control criteria to be selectively incorporated in a search query; said criteria symbols being grouped into categories; each of said criteria in at least one of said categories having a ranking according to a parameter; said controller being programmed to generate a search scene having more than two axes; said controller being programmed to display said criteria in a distribution of said symbols along a first of said more than two axes according to one of said categories and said ranking; said controller being programmed to display said criteria in a distribution of said symbols along a second of said more than two axes according to the other of said categories and said ranking; said controller being programmed to accept commands to include selected ones of said criteria in a search query.