Patent ID: 7487139

Claim:
A method for filtering a table, comprising: presenting a first table to a user; allowing the user to select at least one row of the table in forming a filter for filtering another table different from the first table; highlighting the at least one selected row to confirm to the user which row or rows were selected by the user; reducing the first table to form a reduced table include only the at least one row selected by the user; presenting the reduced table to the user; allowing the user to select at least one column of the reduced table to form the filter for filtering the other table different from the first table; highlighting the at least one selected column to confirm to the user which column or columns were selected by the user to form the filter; presenting the filter to the user; allowing the user to edit the filter being presented to the user; allowing the user to apply the filter to at least the other table; and presenting a resulting table to the user in response to applying the filter to at least the other table.