Patent ID: 8239305
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: obtaining values of specified attributes of multiple investments from selected data sources supporting investment decision-making; generating, responsive to specification of sets of coordinate systems, a graphical framework including symbolic representations of the multiple investments, each of the symbolic representations being located and characterized within the graphical framework based on the specification of the coordinate systems and the attributes of respective ones of the multiple investments, wherein the sets of coordinate systems are defined so that similar areas within each individual coordinate system of the sets of coordinate systems have similar meaning across all coordinate systems that comprise the set; and presenting, in response to receipt of a user input, the graphical framework by which the symbolic representations of the multiple investments are displayed concurrently for comparison with respect to one another within the coordinate systems, wherein obtaining the values and generating and presenting the graphical framework are performed by a processor under control of computer-executable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium, said computer-executable instructions specifying actions for: (i) defining each coordinate system's dimensional characteristics which control positions and natures of the symbolic representations of the multiple investments, and (ii) creating and positioning the symbolic representations of the multiple investments within the graphical framework as functions of dimensions of their attributes.