Patent ID: 8786603

Claim:
A method for implementing an interactive display of ancestor-to-ancestor relationships, the method comprising: displaying on a display device of a computer system, a user interface for displaying one or more genealogical charts including one or more nodes; receiving, together in a single step from an input device of the computer system, a selection of two nodes, the two nodes comprising a first node and a second node; in response to receiving the selection of the first and second nodes, calculating a sequence of relationships connecting the first node to the second node; organizing the sequence of relationships into steps, wherein each step contains a predetermined number of one or more sequential nodes and relationships that can be displayed at the same time; automatically and sequentially displaying the nodes and relationships in each step on the display device, wherein each step is displayed separately one-at-a-time, and wherein, by sequentially displaying all of the steps, the entire sequence of relationships connecting the first node to the second node is displayed; and displaying a progress indicator with each step, the progress indicator comprising a view of a genealogical chart with a graphical indicator showing a portion of the genealogical chart representing the displayed step.