AU2013237678A1 - A unique organizational chart search system for complex real-time data search and display - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract The invention provides an online organizational chart search system which may be integrated into the referral system to enable search and display of data associated with a large and complex hierarchy of referrers and customer population. Fig ia A System Administrator Al\ Master Referre Data level Master Referrer (1) (2) Data level Referrer v11 (1) Referrer v1 1 (1) Referrer Iv 1 (2) Data level 2 Referrer vl2(1) Referrer vl2(1) Referrer vl2(2) Referrer vl2 2(3) Data level 3 M Referrer vl 3(1) Referrer vl3(1) Referrervl 3(2) Referrer vl 3(1) Daa level 4 Referrer vl 4(1) Referrerlvl4(1) Referrerlvl4(1)

Description

AUSTRALIA Patents Act 1990 5 STANDARD APPLICATION -0 A unique organizational chart search system for complex real-time data search and display -5 The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the 20 best method of performing it known to me. 25 1 Field of invention The invention provides an organizational chart system, specifically a unique organizational chart system for enabling complex data search and display 5 Background of the invention Patent application 2011904345 discloses an online referral system which enables an unlimited number of referral levels to be created on the referral hierarchy. One potential problem associated with managing a large and complex referral hierarchy is .0 that it would be extremely difficult to provide search criteria associated with a particular group of referrer or customer and to display the searched data in a user friendly format. It is the object of the invention to provide an online organizational chart search system which may be integrated into the referral system to enable search and .5 display of data associated with a large and complex hierarchy of referrers and customer population. The invention provides unique and user-friendly functionalities for real-time search and display of referrer and customer data from a large organizational chart or referral hierarchy. The organizational chart search system comprises of at least one data processing o apparatus or machine for implementing and executing an organizational chart module, a data search and data display module. 25 30 2 Summary of the invention The invention provides a system for implementing the unique organizational chart for complex data search and display on a machine or data processing apparatus, the system comprising: 5 i) an organizational chart module which enables display of an organizational chart ii) a data display module which enables display of a particular data level or a .0 selection of data levels and data entities of the organizational chart, and iii) a data search module providing at least one search box to enable data of one or more data levels or data entities associated with the organizational chart to be searched and displayed -5 Preferably, said data levels of said organizational chart may be expanded or collapsed Preferably, said search box enables input of search criteria for searching and retrieving data associated with one or more data levels and, or data entities 0 Preferably, said data level refers to a position or location of a data entity on the hierarchy of the organizational chart, said data level has one or a plurality of data entities. Preferably, said data entity refers to a collection of data being grouped under a common identity, wherein said data entity may consist of a selection of data that 5 represent a particular referrer or customer on the organizational chart. Preferably, said search results are displayed in chart or table format. Preferably, said search criteria of a plurality of search boxes may be 'sync-ed', cloned or duplicated in order to provide same search criteria across all search boxes. Preferably, said module refers to the grouping of one or more machine 30 readable/executable instructions to perform one or more tasks and process data required by a system or computer program, said module may have one or more corresponding graphical user interfaces (GUI) and database tables (database schema) for configuring, storing and processing data associated with the use of the module 35 3 Brief description of the drawings Fig 1a is a diagram showing the concept of the multi-level referral hierarchy as disclosed in patent application 2011904345 5 Fig 1b is a diagram showing the modules for implementing the unique organizational chart system on a machine, data processing apparatus and/or electronic device. Fig 2a is a graphical user interface of the organizational chart module and data display module showing real-time display of data level of a large organization chart based on the user's selection of data levels .o Fig 2b is a graphical user interface showing the use of search box of the data search module for searching one or more data entities of the large organizational chart Fig 2c is a graphical user interface showing the use of table view of the data search module for displaying data based on the search criteria of the search boxes -5 Detailed description of the invention Fig 1a is a diagram showing the concept of the multi-level referral hierarchy as o disclosed in patent application 2011904345 A is a diagram showing the idea of multi-level referral hierarchy / system according to patent application 2011904345 Al is data level 0 which may represent the highest level of the organizational chart. Data level 0 may have 2 referrers. 25 A2 is data level 1 which may represent the highest level of the organizational chart. Data level 1 may have 3 referrers. A3 is data level 2 which may represent the highest level of the organizational chart. Data level 2 may have 4 referrers. A4 is data level 3 which may represent the highest level of the organizational chart. 30 Data level 3 may have 4 referrers. A5 is data level 4 which may represent the highest level of the organizational chart. Data level 4 may have 3 referrers. 4 Fig 1b is a diagram showing the modules for implementing the unique organizational chart system on a machine, data processing apparatus and/or electronic device. 5 A is a unique organizational chart system according to the present invention Al is an organizational chart module for displaying an organizational chart. A2 is the data display module which refers to a software application which enables display of one or more data levels in a chart or table format. A2 is the data search module which refers to a software application which provides .0 search boxes to enable search of a data entity of a particular data level or multiple data entities from a selection of data levels. B is a database, electronic device and, or computer memory that the modules are being implemented on. .5 Fig 2a is a graphical user interface of the organizational chart module and data display module showing real-time display of data level of a large organization chart based on the user's selection of data levels A is a graphical user interface showing real-time display of data level of a large o organization chart based on the user's selection of data levels Al is a button for adding a row of data setting to the table of A3 A2 is a section of the graphical user interface for inputting the data levels to be displayed A3 is a table which shows the selected data levels to be displayed below the table 25 A4 is a section of the graphical user interface for displaying the organizational chart which displays only the selected data levels. A5 is a particular data entity of a particular data level (data level 15). Click on this data entity to expand or collapse the data level and to show / hide other data entities of the same data level. 30 A6 is a diagram showing the expanded view of the data level after clicking on the data entity of A5 5 Fig 2b is a graphical user interface showing the use of search box of the data search module for searching one or more data entities of the large organizational chart 5 A is a graphical user interface showing the use of search box of the data search module for searching one or more data entities of the large organizational chart Al is a button to add search boxes according to the setting of A7. More than 1 search boxes may be added depending on how many data levels are to be searched. A2 is a button to delete search box. A search box may be deleted by checking the .0 checkbox next to the search box and then click on the delete button A3 is a button to sync the settings of all search boxes. Check the checkbox of a search box and then click on this button to make settings all search boxes the same as the selected search box. A4 is a search button to activate each search box for searching through data level .s and data entities of the organizational chart. A5 is a checkbox which enables automatic checking of all checkboxes when checked. A6 is a checkbox for search box for data level 1. A7 is a section of the graphical user interface for indicating how many search boxes o are to be added for searching data levels. A8 is a search box for data level 1. This search box enables search and display of search result of all data entities of data level 1. A9 is a search box for data level 2. This search box enables search and display of search result of all data entities of data level 2. 25 A10 is a search box 3. This search box enables search and display of search result of all data entities of data level 3. B is a graphical user interface showing data entities of data level 0, 1, 2 and 3. All the data levels being displayed correspond to the search boxes created in the 30 graphical user interface A B1 is a section of the graphical user interface which displays data level 0 B2 is a section of the graphical user interface which displays data level 1 which is the search result of search box A8 6 B3 is a section of the graphical user interface which displays data level 2 which is the search result of search box A9 B4 is a section of the graphical user interface which displays data level 3 which is 5 the search result of search box A10 Fig 2c is a graphical user interface showing the use of table view of the data search module for displaying data based on the search criteria of the search boxes A is a graphical user interface showing the use of table view for displaying data .o based on the search criteria of the search boxes. The table consists of at least one of the following fields: Data level - the field presents a list of data, where each row shows a data level of the organizational chart Data entity - the field presents a list of data, where each row shows the data entities .5 of each data level. Referrers - the field presents a list of data, where each row shows the referrers of each data level. Each referrer is a unique data entity. Customers - the field presents a list of data, where each row of data shows total customers of all referrers (data entities) of each row. o Total revenue - the field presents a list of data, where each row of data shows the total revenue brought in by all referrers of a particular data level. Total commission - the field presents a list of data, where each row of data shows the total commission associated with a particular data level. 25 Glossary of terms Organizational chart (referral or referrer hierarchy) An organizational chart disclosed herein refers to a diagram that shows the vertical 30 and horizontal structure of a group of entities or people. The chart illustrates the hierarchical relations between the entities or people on the chart. 7 Data level A data level refers a position or location of a data entity on the hierarchy of the organizational chart. A data level may have one or a plurality of data entities. 5 Data entity A data entity refers to a collection of data being grouped under a common identity. A data entity may consist of a selection of data that represent a particular referrer or customer on the organizational chart. .o Organizational chart module The organizational chart module refers to a software application which enables display of an organizational chart. Data display module .s The data display module refers to a software application which enables display of one or more data levels in a chart or table format. Data search module The data search module refers to a software application which provides search o boxes to enable search of a data entity of a particular data level or multiple data entities from a selection of data levels. Module A Module refers to the grouping of one or more machine readable/executable 25 instructions to perform one or more tasks and process data required by a system or computer program. A large module may contain many small modules. A module may work independently or with other modules to complete a task. The primary goal when designing modules is to make them general, so they can be reused in different applications. For example, an e-commerce module such as OpencartTM typically 30 contains functionalities that would enable buyers and sellers to interact. Such a 8 module may be used independently or integrated with other large modules to process and calculate data for more complex tasks. Each module may have one or more corresponding graphical user interfaces (GUI) and database tables (database schema) for configuring, storing and processing data 5 associated with the use of the module. Graphical user interface The term GUI disclosed herein refers to at least one webpage which enables displaying, configuring and inputting of data for one or more modules, database .o tables and, or databases that the GUI is associated with. Although the invention has been described with respect to specific embodiments thereof, these embodiments are merely illustrative, and not restrictive of the invention. .s One of the diagramming techniques used herein may be referred to as Unified Modeling Language (UML), a visual language for capturing software designs and patterns. A UML model is often used to capture the "big picture"; the high-level ideas and logical relationship between the different parts and/or behaviors of a software system. One skilled in the relevant art does not need to know the intricate details of o low level implementation (the code) in order to build a system with identical characteristics to that of the current invention. Any suitable programming language can be used to implement the routines of embodiments of the present invention including C, C++, Java, C#, php, python, assembly language, etc. Different programming techniques can be employed such 25 as procedural or object oriented. The routines can execute on a single processing device or multiple processors. Although the steps, operations, or computations may be presented in a specific order, this order may be changed in different embodiments. In some embodiments, multiple steps shown as sequential in this specification can be performed at the same time. The sequence operations described herein can be 30 interrupted, suspended, or otherwise controlled by another process, such as an operating system, kernel, etc. The routines can operate in an operating system environment or as stand-alone routines occupying all, or a substantial part, of the 9 system processing. Functions can be performed in hardware, software, or a combination of both. Embodiments of the present invention can be implemented in the form of control logic in software or hardware or a combination of both. The control logic may be 5 stored in an information storage medium, such as a computer-readable medium, as a plurality of instructions adapted to direct an information processing device to perform a set of steps disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. Based on the disclosure and teachings provided herein, a person of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate other ways and/or methods to implement the present invention. .o Embodiments of the invention may be implemented by using a programmed general purpose digital computer, by using application specific integrated circuits, programmable logical devices, field programmable gate arrays, optical, chemical, biological, quantum or nanoengineered systems, components and mechanisms may be used. In general, the functions of embodiment of the present invention can be .5 achieved by any means as is know in the art. Distributed network systems, components and circuits can be used. Communication, or transfer, of data may be wired, wireless, or by any other means. . Thus, while the present invention has been described herein with reference to particular embodiments therefore, a latitude of modification, various changes and o substitutions are intended in the foregoing disclosures, and it will be appreciated that in some instances some features of embodiments of the invention will be employed without a corresponding use of other features without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as set forth. Therefore, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the essential scope and spirit of the present 25 invention. It is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular terms used in following claims and/or to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include any and all embodiments and equivalents falling within the scope of the appended claims. 30 10

Claims (8)

1. A system for implementing the unique organizational chart for complex data search and display on a machine or data processing apparatus, the system 5 comprising at least one of the following modules: i) an organizational chart module which enables display of an organizational chart .0 ii) a data display module which enables display of a particular data level or a selection of data levels and data entities of the organizational chart, and iii) a data search module providing at least one search box to enable data of one or more data levels or data entities associated with the organizational .s chart to be searched and displayed

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said data levels of said organizational chart may be expanded or collapsed o0

3. The system according to clam 1, wherein said search box enables input of search criteria for searching and retrieving data associated with one or more data levels and, or data entities

4. The system according to claim, wherein said data level refers to a position or s location of a data entity on the hierarchy of the organizational chart, said data level has one or a plurality of data entities.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said data entity refers to a collection of data being grouped under a common identity, wherein said data 30 entity may consist of a selection of data that represent a particular referrer or customer on the organizational chart.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said search results are displayed in chart or table format. 35

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein search criteria of a plurality of search boxes may be 'sync-ed', cloned or duplicated in order to provide same search criteria across all search boxes. 40

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein said module refers to the grouping of one or more machine readable/executable instructions to perform one or more tasks and process data required by a system or computer program, said 1 module may have one or more corresponding graphical user interfaces (GUI) and database tables (database schema) for configuring, storing and processing data associated with the use of the module 5 2