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US Patent 5206949 - Database search and record retrieval system which continuously displays category names during scrolling and selection of individually displayed search terms
US Patent Issued on April 27, 1993
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April 27, 2010Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractThe method of variably displaying search terms includes continuously displaying the names of categories on a video terminal screen. When the cursor is adjacent a category, one data set or search term is displayed, that search term being one of a plurality of terms in a list associated with the particular category. The user displays another term from the list by actuating a scrolling control key input. To select a desired term and move to the next category, the user actuates a select control key input. Therefore, the display system utilizes only two control inputs to select a plurality of terms for a plurality of categories. One list of terms represents control commands that control, among other things, the output of data from the system. One technique of formulating the list is to obtain the data fields from a particular field, corresponding to the category, from all records in a data base. The retrieved data fields are then used as search terms in this dynamically formed list. The terms can also be grouped in fixed or static lists. A routine is used to segment or subdivide the data base search for the dynamic list or to subdivide the static list. | InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 390524 filed on 08/07/1989US Classes:707/4Query formulation, input preparation, or translationExaminersPrimary: Lee, Thomas C.Assistant: Coleman, Eric Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References3531795, 3670310, 3792613, 3956739, Data transfer systemIssued on: 05/11/1976 Inventor: Ophir , et al.3974496, Data entry systems Issued on: 08/10/1976 Inventor: Aptroot-Soloway4001807, Concurrent overview and detail display system having process control capabilities Issued on: 01/04/1977 Inventor: Dallimonti4125868, Typesetting terminal apparatus having searching and merging features Issued on: 11/14/1978 Inventor: Hruby , et al.4194349, Apparatus and method for gathering and displaying information Issued on: 03/25/1980 Inventor: Lane4221003, Bubble domain relational data base system Issued on: 09/02/1980 Inventor: Chang , et al.4278973, Video 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