Patent ID: 9495775
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A method for displaying category data, where said category data comprises at least one category, said method comprising: calculating a distribution of states of a categorical attribute in said category data in one of said at least one category; determining a maximum number N of displayable constituent shapes, wherein the maximum number N of displayable constituent shapes is automatically adjusted based on size of said display and based on said distribution; and displaying said distribution as a histogram shape having a size corresponding to the total number of cases in said category data, said histogram shape comprising at least one constituent shape, said at least one constituent shape having up to the maximum number N of displayable constituent shapes, the size of each of said at least one constituent shape corresponding to a number of cases of one of said states of said categorical attribute in said distribution.