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Graphic user interface for database system
Assignee: DOUBLE AGENT Inc
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Filing: 1999-07-13
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Granted: 2001-12-04
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Expires: 2019-07-13
Abstract
Abstract A graphic user interface method for representing a search of a database, providing a plurality of stylized Venn diagrams each representing an intersection of at least two sets; receiving from the user, for each generic graphic icon, a selection of at least one region, defining an output data set; presenting the generic graphic icons on the graphic user interface as modified graphic icons, each having graphic indication of the selections; and receiving linkage information from the user for the modified graphic icons to represent a composite set inclusion property, based on the output data sets and the linkage information. Once a search is defined, it may be translated, as necessary, for execution by a typical database search engine. Retrieved results may be quantified and ranked by the interface system for optimal presentation to the user.
Inventors
- 👤 Andrew J. Szabo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 00:30
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/44; G06F9/451; G06F16/00; G06F16/20; G06F16/24; G06F16/242; G06F16/2428; G06F16/245; G06F16/2457; G06F16/24578; G06F16/248; G06F16/30; G06F16/33; G06F16/338; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S715/00; Y10S715/961; Y10S715/965; Y10S715/966; Y10S715/968
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A graphic user interface method for defining database query definition and output representation operation parameters of a database, comprising the steps of: graphically representing a query definition or output representation operation on the data set, said graphic representation having a graded representation portion; receiving from the user a manipulation of the grade of graded representation portion; and translating the manipulation of the graded representation into a database query definition or output representation operation parameter for the database receiving the output database set in accordance with the database query definition of output representation operation parameter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A graphic user interface method for defining database query definition and output representation operation parameters of a database, comprising the steps of: graphically representing a query definition or output representation operation on the data set, said graphic representation having a graded representation portion; receiving from the user a manipulation of the grade of graded representation portion; and translating the manipulation of the graded representation into a database query definition or output representation operation parameter for the database receiving the output database set in accordance with the database query definition of output representation operation parameter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said data set comprises free form text.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said database operation parameters comprise Boolean search parameters.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said graphic representation comprises a bulls'-eye.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said graphic representation comprises a pyramid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said manipulation comprises a gesture.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said manipulation comprises selecting a start position within the graded representation portion and subsequently displacing a graphic cursor with respect thereto.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said database operation parameters comprise at least one numerical operator defining an expansiveness of a set inclusion property.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said database operation parameter comprises a statistical parameter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said database operation parameter modifies a presentation of results of a Boolean search expression.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said database operation parameter modifies a set inclusion property of a Boolean search expression.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said database operation parameter comprises a non-Boolean search parameter.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user manipulation comprises a gesture for affecting a relative size, shape or position of the graded representation portion.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein the database operation parameter comprises an output ranking.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of receiving a further database operation parameter from the user, the database operation parameter and further database operation parameter being selected from one or more of the group consisting of a set inclusion property and a set ranking property.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein a set inclusion criterion resulting from evaluation of the database operation parameter is based on an intrinsic characteristic of the elements of the database, and a ranking included elements in an output set is based on a characteristic extrinsic to the elements of the database.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
79 words
The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of: evaluating the database operation parameter to produce an output set; representing the output database set as a second graphic representation having a graded representation portion; receiving from the user a manipulation of a graded of the graded representation portion of the second graphic representation; and translating the manipulation of the graded representation of the second graphic representation into a second database operation parameter for the output set.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein said graphically representing step is adaptive to a style of the user.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
38 words
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.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of transmitting the database operation parameter through a computer network to a remote database server.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein: said graded representation portion comprises at least one graphic control having a liner depiction; and said manipulation comprises a movement of a graphic element along the liner depiction.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein: said graded representation portion comprises a plurality of graphic controls, arranged in an array and each having a liner depiction; and said manipulation comprises a movement of a graphic element along the liner depictions.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
67 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein the database contains a set of referential data records, each having an identifier, and information relating to the content of the database and identifiers of a subset of the referential data records, further comprising the steps of sorting identifiers of the subset based on a primary search criterion and an analysis of a relation of references of the database.
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