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CA 2127764 A1 · Owner: Eick, Stephen Gregory · Inventors: Eick, Stephen Gregory; Wills, Graham John
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18-, Abstract, A technique for displaying the results of a query on a database. The technique associates a subquery of the query with a space in a display and represents the results of the subquery by means of a symbol whose appearance varies with a characteristic of the results of the subquery. In a preferred embodiment the, technique is used with queries on a data base of statistical articles. The display is a grid with each field of the grid representing a journal-year pair. A symbol appears in the field if a search of the data base results in a minimum number of hits in the year and journal represented by the pair. The appearance of the symbol varies with properties such as the number …
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- Filed July 11, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 11, 2014.
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