Patent Document ID: 8099681
Application ID: 12024722
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for providing in a first grid display an alert of a status of a query from a second grid display of a plurality of grid displays arranged in a hierarchy, a grid display providing an arrangement of grid cells, each grid cell comprising one or more elements for indicating the status of the query monitoring one or more data sources, the method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying on a screen a first grid display at a first level in a hierarchy of grid displays, the first grid display having a first arrangement of grid cells, each of the grid cells comprising an element for indicating status of a query monitoring one or more data sources, one or more grid cells of the first arrangement identifying one or more grid displays at a second level in the hierarchy different than the first level; (b) displaying a reduced representation of a second grid display as an element in a first grid cell of the first grid display to identify status of a plurality of queries within the second grid display, the second grid display maintaining off the screen a second arrangement of grid cells comprising queries monitoring one or more data sources; (c) determining a status of a match of the query with data from the one or more monitored data sources, the query is identified by a second grid cell of the second grid display; and (d) providing, in response to the determination, an indicator of the status of the query at a location in the reduced representation corresponding to a relative location of the second grid cell within the second grid display.