Patent ID: 6927771

Claim:
A data displaying method for a computer system that includes a computer apparatus with a database; a display device; and a pointer for entering a position on the screen of said display device, comprising: displaying a main graph by reading data from said database and plotting said data on the screen of said display device with respect to a first variable for a plurality of values of a second variable; determining whether or not an input from said pointer is a request for plotting data related to said second variable; determining coordinate data of a position of said main graph displayed on said screen of said display device; searching coordinate data of said position from said database; and if said input from said pointer is a request for plotting data related to said second variable: reading coordinate data of said position from said database; displaying a window within said main graph while plotting of data related to said second variable is requested from said pointer; and plotting coordinate data of said position with respect to said plurality of values of said second variable in said window so that said data with respect to said first variable and said data with respect to said plurality of values of said second variable are simultaneously displayed.