Patent ID: 8132119

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a priority display controller implemented on a processor from a database, a table for display at a user interface that comprises a restricted display area, the table comprising a first column of the database that comprises first related information elements and a second column of the database that comprises second related information elements; determining, by the priority display controller using a priority scheme, that the first column has a first priority, the second column has a second priority, and the first priority is higher than the second priority; rendering the table in the user interface, the rendering comprising displaying all of the first related information elements in the first column according to a first format that indicates that the first priority of the first column is higher than the second priority of the second column and such that contents of the first related information elements in the first column are readily determinable by a user viewing the user interface without requiring the user to take additional actions; and displaying contents of one of the first related information elements in the first column in a window overlaying the table.