Patent ID: 8997022
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: accessing a data source that stores business data for each of multiple, consecutive reporting periods; for each of the multiple, consecutive reporting periods, comparing the business data for the reporting period to (i) other business data for the reporting period, or (ii) the business data for another reporting period, and selecting an alert indicator icon for the reporting period based on the comparison; before any reporting period is selected for inclusion on a graph of the business data across reporting periods, providing code for a multi-selection period selector widget for individually selecting multiple, non-consecutive reporting periods, wherein, for each reporting period, the widget includes a selectable control that is decorated with the alert indicator icon selected for the reporting period; after providing the code for the multi-selection period selector widget that includes, for each reporting period, a selectable control that is decorated with the alert indicator icon selected for the reporting period, receiving data indicating two or more, individually selected, non-consecutive reporting periods that were selected through the multi-selection period selector for inclusion on the graph of the business data across reporting periods; and obtaining the graph of the business data across multiple reporting periods, including the two or more individually selected, non-consecutive reporting periods that were selected through the multi-selection period selector and excluding any of the reporting periods that were not selected through the multi-selection period selector.