Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-10-03
1999-11-09
Choules, Jack M.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
G06F 1730
Patent
active
059832193
ABSTRACT:
A process for identifying a single item from a family of items presents a user with a feature screen having a series of groupings. Each grouping represents a feature having a set of alternatives from which to select. Selected alternatives are used as a selection criteria in a search operation. Results of the search operation is a revised feature screen indicating alternatives that remain available to the user for further selection and searching. The feature screen and search process, therefore, presents the user with a guided nonhierarchical parametric search to identify matching items based upon user specified criteria and priorities. Also disclosed is an adaptation of the claimed method and system appropriate in an Internet environment.
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Danish Mohamed Sherif
Kimbrough Kris Walter
Choules Jack M.
Saggara Systems, Inc.
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