Patent ID: 6883136

Claim:
A method of displaying record data in a user interface comprising: displaying a tabular portion of a user interface comprising plural data records; displaying a form portion of the user interface comprising a display field that corresponds to a field of the plural data records; determining whether to place a value in the display field; and, formatting a value in the display field to reflect characteristics of data contained in the plural data records wherein said formatting a value further comprises: (a) formatting the value for display using a first format when it is determined that the plural data records share the same value; (b) formatting the value for display using a second format when it is determined that a portion of the plural data records include a common value and a remaining portion of the plural data records have no value; (c) formatting multiple values using a third format when it is determined that the plural data records include multiple values; (d) displaying a blank value when it is determined that none of the plural data records include a data value.