Table management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8959454-B2
Application number	US-85283310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2010
Priority date	Aug 9, 2010
Publication date	Feb 17, 2015
Grant date	Feb 17, 2015

Abstract

Managing a display of objects is provided. A processor unit displays a graphical control configured to receive a user input of a value to control the display of a set of objects relative to a group of properties for the set of objects in a table. A processor unit changes the display of the set of objects to a ratio in a plurality of ratios in the table for the set of objects relative to the group of properties for the set of objects in the table based on the value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing a display of objects, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computer, a first input specifying a number of objects in a set of objects to display in a table and a second input specifying a number of properties in a set of properties for each object in the specified number of objects to display in the table, and in response, displaying the specified number of objects in the table with the specified number of properties for each respective object in the specified number of objects, wherein the specified number of properties for each respective object in the specified number of objects provides information describing a respective object;
responsive to the computer receiving a third input selecting a ratio setting of one of a plurality of ratio settings, changing, by the computer, the display of the specified number of objects and the specified number of properties in the set of properties for each object in the table according to the selected ratio setting;
responsive to the computer receiving a fourth input selecting an object in the specified number of objects displayed in the table, changing, by the computer, the display of the specified number of objects by displaying those objects in the specified number of objects adjoining the selected object in the table and avoiding display of another one of the objects in the specified number which is not adjoining the selected object in the table, wherein the specified number of properties that provides the information describing the respective object is displayed with each of the selected object and the adjoining objects in the table;
receiving, by the computer, a fifth input of a specified action to perform on the selected object in the specified number of objects displayed in the table, wherein the specified action to perform on the selected object is one of emailing the selected object and properties associated with the selected object, downloading the selected object and the properties associated with the selected object, or searching for the selected object on a network; and
performing, by the computer, the specified action based on the fifth input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first ratio of a number of objects displayed in the table relative to a number of properties associated with each object in the number of objects includes only objects.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a last ratio of a number of objects displayed in the table relative to a number of properties associated with each object in the number of objects includes one object with all properties associated with the one object.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the computer, an input selecting a ratio setting between a number of objects and a number of properties associated with each object in the set of objects to be displayed in the table.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein one or more objects in the number of objects is displayed at each selected ratio setting.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of those objects in the specified number of objects adjoining the selected object in the table and the avoiding of the display of another one of the objects in the specified number which is not adjoining the selected object in the table reduces an amount of information displayed in the table.

7. A computer system for managing a display of objects, the computer system comprising:
one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, to receive a first input specifying a number of objects in a set of objects to display in a table and a second input specifying a number of properties in a set of properties for each object in the specified number of objects to display in the table, and in response, program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, to display the specified number of objects in the table with the specified number of properties for each respective object in the specified number of objects, wherein the specified number of properties for each respective object in the specified number of objects provides information describing a respective object;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, responsive to receiving a third input selecting a ratio setting of one of a plurality of ratio settings, to change the display of the specified number of objects and the specified number of properties in the set of properties for each object in the table according to the selected ratio setting;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, responsive to receiving a fourth input selecting an object in the specified number of objects displayed in the table, to change the display of the specified number of objects by displaying those objects in the specified number of objects adjoining the selected object in the table and avoiding display of another one of the objects in the specified number which is not adjoining the selected object in the table, wherein the specified number of properties that provides the information describing the respective object is displayed with each of the selected object and the adjoining objects in the table;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, to receive a fifth input of a specified action to perform on the selected object in the specified number of objects displayed in the table, wherein the specified action to perform on the selected object is one of emailing the selected object and properties associated with the selected object, downloading the selected object and the properties associated with the selected object, or searching for the selected object on a network; and
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, to perform the specified action based on the fifth input.

8. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein a first ratio of a number of objects displayed in the table relative to a number of properties associated with each object in the number of objects includes one property associated with each object, wherein the one property is a name of the object.

9. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein a last ratio of a number of objects displayed in the table relative to a number of properties associated with each object in the number of objects includes one object with all properties associated with the one.

10. The computer system of claim 7 further comprising:
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, to

Assignees

• Achtermann Jeffrey Mark
• Levinson David Jonathan
• Pamu Gautham
• Ragan Jr Richard Walton
• IBM

Inventors

• Achtermann Jeffrey Mark
• Levinson David Jonathan
• Pamu Gautham
• Ragan Jr Richard Walton

Classifications

• G06F16/26

  Visual data mining; Browsing structured data · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

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

• G06F17/30572

  Physics · mapped topic