Patent ID: 6438496
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G06F,G16B

Abstract:
A method of expressing a characteristic in alphanumeric data comprising at least a first alphanumeric data representation and a second alphanumeric data representation, the method comprising:using a computer processor to: (i) convert a single linear sequence of the alphanumeric data into at least a first matrix of alphanumeric data, a second matrix of alphanumeric data and a third matrix of alphanumeric data, the first matrix having X columns, the second matrix having Y columns and the third matrix having Z columns, wherein X, Y, Z are integers that are equal or greater than 2 and X, Y and Z are each different integers, (ii) assign a first color to the first alphanumeric data representation and (iii) assign a second color to the second alphanumeric data representation, wherein the first color and the second color are different from each other, and visually displaying the first, second and third matrices of colors in a proximal relationship.