Searching and displaying child objects of a parent object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10241652-B2
Application number	US-201715844589-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2017
Priority date	Jan 4, 2017
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A method for searching and displaying child objects of a parent object based on a drag event. The child objects are associated with the parent object. A computer displays a parent object, in response to that a user selects the parent object. The computer further receives from the user a drag event on the parent object. The computer further search child objects, based on a direction of a dragging movement in the drag event, wherein a search rule is predetermined for the direction of the dragging movement. The computer further displays the child objects, wherein how many of the child objects are displayed is based on a distance of the dragging movement in the drag event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for searching and displaying child objects of a parent object based on a drag event, the method comprising:
displaying, by a computer, a parent object, in response to that a user selects the parent object;
receiving from the user, by the computer, a drag event on the parent object;
searching, by the computer, child objects, based on a direction of a dragging movement in the drag event, wherein the child objects are associated with the parent object, wherein a search rule is predetermined for the direction of the dragging movement;
displaying, by the computer, the child objects, wherein how many of the child objects are displayed is based on a distance of the dragging movement in the drag event;
displaying, by the computer, one or more arrows in directions of dragging movements on the parent object;
displaying, by the computer, search rules for respective ones of the directions of the dragging movements on the parent object;
displaying, by the computer, the child objects in an order of satisfaction degrees of a search rule;
receiving from the user, by the computer, a select event on at least one of the child objects;
selecting, by the computer, the at least one of the child objects along with the parent object;
receiving from the user, by the computer, a drop event on the parent object; and
performing, by the computer, a task for the parent object and the at least one of the child objects;
wherein in the drag event the computer receives multiple dragging movements in the direction within a predetermined time period; and
wherein the computer displays a different number of the child objects and different information in each of the multiple dragging movements.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Kanzaki Eisuke
• Sudoh Akira

Classifications

• G06F16/245

  Query processing · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F17/30424

  Physics · mapped topic