Patent ID: 8743134
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G01C,G06F,G06Q,G06T,G09B,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method for interactive analysis of data objects within a display, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of icons on a graphic display device representing each of a plurality of different data objects at each of a plurality of unique locations within a multi-dimensional relational structure as a function of unique respective values of dimensions of a display data variable that is relevant to the multi-dimensional relational structure and common to each of the data objects represented by the icons, and wherein the icons each have initial respective graphic display appearances comprising initial color channel shadings; and in response to a user selecting one of the icons, wherein the selecting specifies a comparison data variable common to each of the data objects represented by the icons, a processing unit generating an updated display of all of the icons at their unique locations within the multi-dimensional relational structure on the graphical display device, wherein: the unique locations of the icons relative to the displayed multi-dimensional relational structure, are unchanged in the updated display; and the graphic display appearances of each of the icons are updated to revised dimensional graphic display appearances that each visually indicate relationships of respective values of the selected common comparison data variable of their represented data objects to a value of the selected common comparison data variable of the data object represented by the selected icon, wherein the revised dimensional graphic display appearances of the icons comprise a plurality of different color channel shadings visually distinct one from another and comprising: a first color shading indicating that an attribute of the selected common comparison data variable of an associated data object is similar to an attribute of the selected common comparison data variable of the data object associated with the selected icon; and at least one second color shading visually different from the first color shading and indicating that an attribute of the selected common comparison data variable of an associated data object is dissimilar to the attribute of the selected common comparison data variable of the data object associated with the selected icon.