Patent ID: 8810574
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of displaying a pie chart on a display screen of a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving a report including a data set related to a plurality of data points; rendering a pie chart including a plurality of sectors, the rendering based on the report such that each sector of the pie chart is associated with at least a data point; displaying the pie chart on the display screen in a first orientation having a first sector aligned with an axis of the pie chart, a relative size of the first sector proportional to a value of the data point associated with the first sector, wherein first additional information associated with the first sector is displayed in addition to the pie chart, the first additional information including the value of the data point associated with the first sector; receiving a user input selecting a second sector of the pie chart, a relative size of the second sector proportional to a value of the data point represented by the second sector; responsive to receiving the selection of the second sector, rotating, by a computer processor, the pie chart to a second orientation having the second sector of the pie chart aligned with the axis of the pie chart; and responsive to the second sector being aligned with the axis of the pie chart, displaying on the display screen second additional information describing the second sector in addition to the pie chart and not displaying the first additional information, the second additional information including the value of the data point associated with the second sector.