Patents Assigned to Internaltional Business Machines Corporation
  • Presentation of items arranged in a hierarchy
    Patent number: 8020118
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a computer-implemented method for presenting items in a hierarchy comprising parent items and sub-items. The method comprises the steps of: identifying one or more parent items in the hierarchy, wherein all sub-items of the identified parent items possess a particular property; and presenting the hierarchy in a manner to indicate that all sub-items of the identified parent items possess the particular property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Internaltional Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Carl Hampton, William John Izard