Patent ID: 8185540
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, said storage medium comprising program code causing a computer to provide visual structuring of multivariable data sets in records by performing steps of: defining a key field for a set of records; wherein each event of a plurality of events is illustrated as a record from said set of records; wherein each record is represented in tabular form on a display device, with each record forming a row in a tabular view; wherein each record comprises a plurality of fields characterizing different attributes or properties of each event; wherein field values of a same field in the records are arranged in columns; sorting the set of records by the key field to find patterns or regularities employing said key field; grouping equivalent field values of the key field in an equivalent field value group; forming a corresponding block for each equivalent field value group, each corresponding block having a block size; displaying only one field value for each block; masking all other field values of said each block; arranging the records whose display fields have equivalent field values adjacent to each other; employing visibility enhancement selected from a group of enhancements consisting of colors, hatching, border lines around cells, and any combination of the enhancements; and enabling an operator to see only each respective one field value of the field in the block and monitor said set of records.