Michael B Gibbons

US Patent:

20050172223, Aug 4, 2005

Filed:

Jan 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/768837

Inventors:

Michael Gibbons - Bronxville NY, US
Sharmila Ramachandran - Bangalore, IN

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F017/24

US Classification:

715517000, 715525000, 715522000, 715530000, 715511000, 715501100, 715503000, 715509000, 715504000

Abstract:

Large data sets are displayed and processed. User mark-up language display provides a plurality of line items, each line item including a checkbox. A name/value pair is generated stored to a text string responsive to the user selecting a checkbox of a line item. The name/value pairs are parsed into a parameter names array and a parameter values array responsive to the user selecting a submit command. The parameter names array is processed to identify each parameter name containing a checkbox indicia, and for each parameter name containing a checkbox indicia, line item detail is retrieved from the detail arrays corresponding for display to the user, who may store a current document as a draft. The user selects or deselects a line item, and the parameter names array is again processed to identify new data available in, or old data no longer available in, the detail arrays.

US Patent:

20080235572, Sep 25, 2008

Filed:

May 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/156016

Inventors:

Michael P. Gibbons - Bronxville NY, US
Sharmila Ramachandran - Bangalore, IN

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715234

Abstract:

Large data sets are displayed and processed. User mark-up language display provides a plurality of line items, each line item including a checkbox. A name/value pair is generated and stored to a text string responsive to the user selecting a checkbox of a line item. The name/value pairs are parsed into a parameter names array and a parameter values array responsive to the user selecting a submit command. The parameter names array is processed to identify each parameter name containing a checkbox indicia, and for each parameter name containing a checkbox indicia, line item detail is retrieved from the detail arrays corresponding for display to the user, who may store a current document as a draft. The user selects or deselects a line item, and the parameter names array is again processed to identify new data available in, or old data no longer available in, the detail arrays.