Appeal 2007-1695 Application 10/418,835 THE INVENTION The disclosed invention relates generally to organizational charts. More particularly, the disclosed invention relates to visualization of organizational structures (Specification 1). Independent claims 1, 6, 11, and 16 are illustrative: 1. A method comprising: adding organization information to an organizational database, wherein organization information includes hierarchy, names, and titles of members of an organization; adding overlay information to an information database, wherein the overlay information includes sales information and purchaser information; constructing a list of relevant people from the overlay information, wherein relevant people include people who have been contacted or who have made a purchase; constructing a list of relevant organizations from the organization information in the organizational database, wherein relevant organizations include at least one organization having a person from the constructed list of relevant people; extracting an organizational subtree from the plurality of organizations that includes the relevant people from each relevant organization; processing the organization information and the overlay information in a computer; and displaying the organizational subtree with the overlay information overlaid thereon. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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