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                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.                                                          


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