Patent ID: 7924283
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a time-series data set comprising: determining, by a computer, a number of data intervals for the data set having data points, wherein the number of data intervals is at least two; determining, by the computer, a data resolution for each data interval; partitioning, by the computer, a display space into a number of substantially equally sized partitions equal to the number of data intervals; partitioning, by the computer, the data set into a number of time-relevance-based subsets equal to the number of partitions based on a currentness of the data and a corresponding data resolution for each partition; wherein determining, by the computer, a data layout for each of the partitions, wherein a first of the partitions contains a first grid of cells displayed at the first resolution, wherein a second of the partitions contains a second grid of cells displayed at the lower resolution, wherein each of the cells represent a corresponding at least one data point in the data set, wherein the cells in the first grid displayed at the first resolution are larger in size than the cells in the second grid displayed at the second resolution; presenting the partitions for output in the display space; receiving additional data points; and automatically decreasing the first and second resolutions in response to receiving the additional data points such that the cells of the first grid are reduced in size, and the cells of the second grid are reduced in size, wherein automatically decreasing the first and second resolutions allows for the additional data points and the data points of the data set to be displayed in the display space without increasing a size of the display space.