Patent Document ID: RE43753
Application ID: 10728743

Base Claim:
1. A graphic user interface method for defining a database query definition and output representation operation parameters of a database parameter , the method comprising the steps of : graphically representing a query definition or an output representation operation of a database operation on the a data set, said graphic representation having a graded representation portion; receiving from the user a signal representing a user manipulation of the a grade of the graded representation portion; and translating the manipulation of the graded representation into a database query definition or output representation operation parameter for the database ; and receiving the an output database set from the database in accordance with the database query definition of output representation operation parameter , an arrangement of members of the output database set being responsive to manipulation of said graded representation portion .

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Claim 19:
19. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of altering the functioning of the graphic user interface based on preferences of the user, the preference being derived from monitoring the past activities of the user .