Patent ID: 8448093

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to display a hierarchical organization chart, the displaying comprising: obtaining information from a database, the information representing a first node, a second node, and a third node, wherein the first node, the second node, and the third node are related to each other according to a hierarchy representing a management hierarchy of an organization, and the second node is set as a focused node; displaying the information representing the first node, the second node, and the third node in a graphical user interface of a mobile device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a multi-level row-based chart, the information representing the first node is displayed in a first level of the chart, the information representing the second node is displayed in a second level of the chart below the first level, and the information representing the third node is displayed in a third level of the chart below the second level; receiving a request to set a node different than the second node as the focused node, wherein, if the request sets the first node as the focused node, then the information representing the first node is displayed in the second level of the chart, the information representing the second node is displayed in the third level of the chart, and the information of the third node is not displayed, and if the request sets the third node as the focused node, then the information representing the third node is displayed in the second level of the chart, the information representing the second node is displayed in the first level of the chart, and the information of the first node is not displayed.