Patent ID: 9471901
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method, in a data processing system comprising at least one hardware-implemented processor, for representing white space in a graphical representation of a data model, comprising: analyzing, by the data processing system, output data associated with the data model that is to be output to a user via an output device to identify white spaces in the output data, wherein the output data is a data model comprising a plurality of data model objects representing a usage or allocation of one or more resources, wherein the identified white spaces comprise portions of a range of metrics of output data values where the output data does not have data objects representing those portions of the range of metrics of output data associated with the identified white spaces, and wherein analyzing the output data that is to be output to the user via the output device comprises: creating, by the data processing system, for each identified white space, a white space data object thereby forming white space data objects, wherein the white space data objects represent portions of the data model where the one or more resources are not used or are unallocated and wherein the creating, for each identified white space, the white space data object comprises: providing, by the data processing system, the white space data objects to an application running in the data processing system or a different data processing system; and performing, by the application running in the data processing system or a different data processing system, an operation on the white space data objects to output the white space data objects in a manner that identifies the white space data objects differently from non-white space data objects in the output data.