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 23:
23. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the database contains comprises a set of referential data records, each individual ones of the referential data records having an identifier, and content information relating to the content of the database and identifiers of a subset of the referential data records , at least a portion of said set of referential data records being referenced by other data records, further comprising the steps of sorting identifiers of the subset data records included as members of the output database set based on a primary search criterion and an analysis of a relation of references of the database.