Patent ID: 8276059

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a collection of one or more data storage devices storing information; and a display device comprising a visual rendition of a table that systematically arranges the information stored at the one or more data storage devices in a collection of rows and columns, wherein the table includes information associated with a collection of items, wherein the visual rendition of the table is configured to replace a row selected by a user with a region configured to render at least one of a plurality of categories of additional detail for a first item included in a user-selected row in the collection of rows, wherein the additional detail is stored at the one or more data storage devices and is available to be rendered in the region, wherein the region is disposed below a first row disposed immediately above the user-selected row prior to the user selection and above a second row disposed immediately below the selected row prior to the user selection, wherein the region includes a plurality of interactive display elements, each configured for selection by a human user and corresponding to a particular category of additional detail in the plurality of categories of additional detail, each interactive display element operable, when selected, to trigger rendering, in the region, of a category of the stored and available additional detail corresponding to the selected interactive display element.