Patent ID: 8448062

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for displaying hierarchically related data, comprising: simultaneously displaying, by a computer processor in a display window, respective representations of a plurality of hierarchically related data records in accordance with the hierarchical relationship; wherein: each of at least two of the representations includes a respective table, the respective table including: a respective plurality of data columns; a respective column header row that includes column headers identifying a respective plurality of categories to which the data columns correspond; and one or more respective additional rows including data indicated to be associated with the categories of the respective column header row of the table to which the plurality of additional rows belongs by display of the data beneath the column headers of the respective column header row; the at least two representations' represented data records depend from a common ancestor data record; the respective tables are displayed (a) nested in another table representing the ancestor data record, and (b) such that the respective tables span columns of the another table with which data of the respective tables are unassociated; the another table representing the ancestor record includes a single column header row, displayed simultaneously with the column header row of at least one of the at least two representations, and that includes column headers identifying a respective plurality of categories to which the columns of the another table correspond; the another table includes a data row that (a) includes data populating fields formed by an intersection of the data row of the another table with the columns of the another table and (b) is displayed below the at least one of the at least two representations; and the single column header row is displayed above the tables of the at least two representations and is not repeated below any of the at least two representations.