Patent ID: 7000199

Claim:
A method for the efficient display of large strategies, comprising the steps of: displaying in a strategy view an on screen part of a strategy that is not affected by an off screen part of said strategy; showing detail in said display where it is important; always showing a condition path on screen; providing said display without scroll bars; providing navigational shortcuts for traversing said strategy view; providing navigational cues in said display; fitting as much information on said display as possible; maintaining a consistent top of the strategy-children orientation in said display; allowing a branch of a first focus segment to be chosen for display by selecting a segment at top of said branch so that said segment becomes a new focus segment, wherein if said new focus segment is a descendant of said first focus segment, then, after the descendant segment becomes said new focus segment, continuing to display a number of segments initially visible on said display but initially located in a different position in said display, and providing an animation showing each of said segments starting in their original position and migrating to a new position; fitting said display into a rectangular view; and rendering all strategies.