US2014344303A1PendingUtilityA1

Method, system and controller for searching a database containing data items

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Assignee: SOMEONES GROUP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS PTY LTD ACN 131 335 325Priority: Sep 11, 2009Filed: Jul 30, 2014Published: Nov 20, 2014
Est. expirySep 11, 2029(~3.1 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Brett James GronowKeith David DeverellJonathan David PakChristopher Glendon BatesDavid Peter Wolf
G06F 16/3328G06F 16/54G06F 17/30651
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Abstract

A method, system and controller is provided for searching a database containing data items with a user via a user inter the method comprising the steps of specifying an initial search subset of some or all of the data items in the database ( 1201 ); identifying representatives of each of a number of data categories in the search subset ( 1203 ); displaying the representatives on the user interface ( 1204 ); selecting one or more of the representatives ( 1205 ); specifying a refined search subset of data items in the search subset within the data categories corresponding to the selected representatives ( 1207 ); and repeating the steps of identifying and displaying representatives for the refined search subset.

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         1 . A method of searching a database containing data items with a user via a user interface, the method comprising the steps of specifying an initial search subset of some or all of the data items in the database; identifying representatives of each of a number of data categories in the search subset; displaying the representatives on the user interface; selecting one or more of the representatives; specifying a refined search subset of data items in the search subset within the data categories corresponding to the representatives selected; and repeating the steps of identifying and displaying representatives for the refined search subset.

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