Patent ID: 9390391
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06Q,G06T,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A method for generating and updating a graphical user interface for continuous real-time or near real-time benchmarking of environmental data for an entity, wherein the method is implemented by a processor and a storage device storing instructions, the instructions being executable to configure the processor to perform operations comprising: determining an approximate normal distribution for historical environmental data for the entity by estimating a mean and a standard deviation, wherein the historical environmental data comprise a plurality of historical data values, wherein each of the plurality of historical data values is associated with a time interval for a historical date; collecting real-time or near real-time environmental data for the entity to continuously receive a real-time data value associated with the time interval for a real-time date; continuously updating the graphical representation based on the additional real-time or near real-time environmental data to move the graphical element indicator to different positions along the scale for the data segments to indicate the how the additional real-time data values associated with the time interval compare to the estimated mean in order to provide a continuously real-time or near real-time benchmark against the historical environmental data.