Patent ID: 6670972
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A user interface control for controlling the value of a variable in a processing system, the user interface control comprising:a. a display; b. an input device; and, c. a processor which is adapted to cooperate with the display and the input device to control the creation of summaries in a database by: i. generating an input representation on the display, the input representation allowing the value of a variable to be specified by the user using the input device, wherein the variable corresponds to an amount of memory allocated for the summaries; ii. generating a graphical representation on the display, the graphical representation showing a relationship between the variable and a parameter, the parameter indicating an improvement in performance of the database; iii. determining a relationship between the amount of memory allocated for the summaries and the improvement in performance of the database; iv. generating an indicator on the display, the indicator indicating the determined improvement in performance of the database for the amount of memory allocated for the summaries specified using the input representation and wherein the input representation is arranged adjacent to a first axis of the graphical representaion such that a position of a slider with respect to the first axis represents the value of the variable.