Patent ID: 7571394
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: creating a plurality of profiles, wherein each of the plurality of profiles comprises a respective identification of a region in a respective first graphical representation of respective first data, a respective specification of the respective first data, a respective identification of a first value associated with an x-axis in the respective first graphical representation, a respective identification of a second value associated with a y-axis in the respective first graphical representation, and a respective schedule for retrieving respective second data from a database, wherein the creating the plurality of profiles is performed in response to a respective selection of the region in the respective first graphical representation of the respective first data; retrieving the respective second data from the database on the respective schedule for a respective time duration of the respective region based on the respective specification of the respective first data; creating an union of the plurality of profiles; and deleting data from the database that is not represented by the union.