Example computer applications are the so-called “business applications.” A business application may be any software or set of computer programs that are used by business users to perform various business functions by processing and analyzing data stored in databases. Available business applications relate to different business functions including, for example, customer relationship management, enterprise asset management, enterprise resource planning, financials, human capital management, procurement, product lifecycle management, supply chain management, and sustainability, etc. Other business applications may relate to functions such as business intelligence, data warehousing, enterprise information management, enterprise performance management, governance, risk, and compliance.
Business applications may be interactive. A business application may provide a user interface (UI) through which a user can query data and view query results. A user's queries may be directed to diverse or large databases (e.g., business information warehouses). Use of some business applications (e.g., business analytics applications) may involve numerous queries and extensive query data analysis and processing. As today's computing environments evolve, business applications are becoming more and more complex. In a distributed environment, business applications critical to an enterprise may be spread across multiple systems and access multiple databases. At least in large system implementations, query result display processes may be relatively slow.
Consideration is now being given to aspects of displaying query results to users.
USPTO Backgrounds
USPTO Backgrounds