ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,740, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Browsing hierarchical datasets" was invented by Michael Kleinerman (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes a hierarchical dataset that includes a root-data object and data collections nested under the root-data object. Each data collection includes one or more data objects, each data object associated with one or more other data collections. The method also includes displaying a hierarchical user interface on a screen. The hierarchical user interface includes column. The columns include data-object columns and data-collection columns, wherei...