Navigating through a displayed hierarchical data structure
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Jun 28, 2007
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Sep 1, 2004
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Sep 22, 2003
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The invention relates to a method for navigating through a displayed hierarchical data structure including a parent node and a plurality of child nodes the method comprising: displaying the parent node at a parent position, displaying each of the plurality of child nodes at a respective child node position; assigning a parent relevance grade to the parent node and assigning a respective relevance grade to each of the plurality of child nodes; navigating through the displayed hierarchical data structure; hiding, upon navigation through the displayed hierarchical data structure, a child node of the plurality of child nodes, based upon the respective relevance grade of child node; and displaying a reference node (200) at a reference node position in stead of displaying the hidden child node, wherein the reference node position is related to the child node position. The invention further relates to a system for navigating through a displayed hierarchical data structure including a parent node and a plurality of child nodes. The invention further relates to a computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more processing units to perform such a method.
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