Patent ID: 7647563

Claim:
A method for displaying a set of hierarchical data and a set of non-hierarchical data on an electronic display, the method comprising: displaying at least part of the set of hierarchical data on the electronic display in a tree diagram that has a plurality of levels, wherein at least a level of the plurality of levels includes with a plurality of nodes; displaying the set of non-hierarchical data on the electronic display in a plurality of auxiliary nodes that are provided between at least two of the plurality of levels of the tree diagram; displaying a plurality of expansion handles, wherein each of the plurality of expansion handles is associated with a respective node of the plurality of nodes and available to be selected to expand or contract the tree diagram at the respective one of the plurality of nodes; and displaying a secondary expansion handle between two adjacent expansion handles of the plurality of expansion handles nodes in the tree diagram, wherein the secondary expansion handle is associated with a respective auxiliary node of the plurality of auxiliary nodes and available to be selected con-figured to display or hide the respective auxiliary nodes.