Inventors:
Matt Rasmussen - Provo UT, US
Harold Madsen - Provo UT, US
Gary Mangum - Provo UT, US
Assignee:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc. - Provo UT
International Classification:
G09G 5/00
Abstract:
Methods, devices and systems for implementing an interactive display of ancestor-to-ancestor relationships are presented. The method includes displaying on a display device of a computer system, a user interface for displaying one or more genealogical charts including one or more nodes. The method further includes receiving, from an input device of the computer system, a selection of a first node and a second node. Then, in response to receiving the selection of the first and second nodes, the method includes calculating a sequence of relationships connecting the first node to the second node. Finally, the method includes organizing the sequence of relationships into one or more steps, wherein each step contains a sequential subset of nodes and relationships that can be displayed at the same time, and sequentially displaying the nodes and relationships in each step on the display device.