Patent ID: 6727927
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for providing a user interface for a data management application, the data management application being for extracting data from several data sources across an enterprise, comprising the steps of:(a) selecting a search type based on categories selected from a first group of categories including a person category, a document category, a topic category, a project category and a client category; (b) allowing a user to input a search query; (c) receiving data items found during a search based on the search query; (d) automatically displaying a representation of the data items in a first graphical user interface that includes a plurality of categories of information associated with each of the data items found during the search; (e) displaying a data record associated with a respective data item in a second graphical user interface upon selection of a respective one of the data items in the first graphical user interface, wherein the data record includes a plurality of nodes capable of expanding in a tree format, wherein the nodes comprise a second group of categories that may be selected from a group of categories including a person category, a document category, a topic category, a project category and a client category, and (f) displaying a detailed view of one of the nodes upon selection of the one of the nodes by the user.