Patent ID: 7716227
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: determining, by a computer, an importance value for each time series data set from among a plurality of time series data sets, wherein the importance value for each time series data set is calculated based on content of at least a portion of the corresponding time series data set; visually representing, on a display, said time series data sets in accordance with the corresponding calculated importance values, wherein visually representing said time series data sets in accordance with the corresponding calculated importance values comprises allocating areas on the display to the time series data sets in accordance with the calculated importance values; and aggregating corresponding groups of said calculated importance values into respective aggregated importance values, wherein each of the aggregated importance values corresponds to a respective group of the plurality of time series data sets, wherein visually representing each of said time series data sets is further based on the aggregated importance values.