Patent ID: 9400973
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G06Q,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method of applying formatting for an interactive chart to be displayed to a user of a computer system, comprising: applying a first initial default format to a first chart element, a second initial default format to a second chart element, and a third initial default format to a third chart element displayed in the interactive chart, the first chart element, the second chart element, and the third chart element corresponding to bar chart elements, and the first, second, and third initial default formats each differentiating, respectively, the first, second, and third chart elements from one another: hiding the third chart element from being displayed in the interactive chart so that the third chart element is not visible, the interactive chart continuing to display the first chart element and the second chart element; and changing, responsive to the hiding, a formatting of the second chart element from the second initial default format to an altered default format, the altered default format differentiating the second chart element from the first chart element.