Patent ID: 8423909

Claim:
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program for an interactive filter, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations comprising: retrieving data from a data storage device; displaying an initial representation of the data on a display device, wherein the initial representation of the data comprises a plurality of visually separate selection areas; dynamically applying a filter parameter to a portion of the initial representation based on a localized selection of the portion of the initial representation, wherein the localized selection is determined by hovering a navigation icon in alignment with, and without an additional user selection of, one or more of the visually separate selection areas corresponding to the portion of the initial representation; and implementing a loupe display area to display a filtered representation of the portion of the initial representation, wherein the filtered representation is derived from the filter parameter applied to the initial representation of the data, wherein the loupe display area is displayed in a separate window that is separate from and moveable relative to the portion of the initial representation.