Patent ID: 7251666

Claim:
A method embodied in a computer-readable medium for searching for a selected role within a hierarchical organizational structure comprising: (a) identifying the selected role for which the search will be conducted and identifying a first position within the organizational structure from which the search will be started; (b) after identifying the selected role and the first position, identifying a second position which is immediately above the first position in the organizational structure; (c) making a determination whether the second position is associated with the selected role and terminating the search when the second position is associated with the selected role and searching positions below the second position in the organizational structure when the second position is not associated with the selected role; (d) identifying a third position above the second position and repeating (c) from the third position when the selected role is not found among the positions below the second position in the organizational structure; (e) repeating (d) until the selected role is found; and (f) when the selected role is found, saving and/or displaying the selected role.