Patent ID: 7020572

Claim:
A method for receiving and associating conditional dependent test results, comprising: receiving at least one measurement condition, wherein the received at least one measurement condition specifies a measurement environment; receiving a result from at least one measurement; for each received result, associating each received measurement condition with the received result, selecting a row in a table; recording the received result in a specified result column in the selected row, associating a separate column in the table with each received measurement condition, and recording each associated received measurement condition in the separate column associated with that received measurement condition in the selected row; receiving a change to the measurement environment, wherein the change comprises at least one of the following: modification of at least one measurement condition, omission of at least one measurement condition, and addition of at least one new measurement condition; repeating at least one time the steps above following the step receiving at least one measurement condition; displaying at least part of the table via a graphical user interface; and modifying the displayed at least part of the table by hiding and uncovering selected columns and rows, reordering columns, and sorting rows.