Patent ID: 8849803
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of summarizing data, said method comprising steps of capturing data pertaining to reports of at least one operating condition of at least one system during a period of operation, said at least one operating condition having a dynamic range and said reports being represented in respective rows of data, assigning a value to each possible reportable value of at least one operating parameter of said at least one operating condition of said at least one system, whereby said at least one operating parameter are variable operating parameters of a vehicle and the value assigned is a discrete value selected from a list of all possible values, counting a number of occurrences of each said value in the captured data to produce counts of respective values for said at least one operating parameter of said at least one operating condition, forming a histogram of said counts, and representing said histogram in fewer rows of data than said rows of data of said reports.