Patent ID: 7728836

Claim:
A method for displaying time dependent information on a programmed computer apparatus, comprising: displaying on a portion of a display in a tree selection format structure, information identifying a plurality of datasets belonging to a same time axis, wherein a user can select which of the plurality of datasets is to be displayed; displaying on the display on at least one time axis each of the selected datasets, wherein periods of time are displayed equidistantly on the at least one time axis regardless of an actual time period being represented, and when a user selects a plurality of datasets to be displayed, each of the selected datasets are simultaneously displayed on a separate time axis and on the same portion of the display as the tree selection format structure; and providing a user interface allowing a user to scroll along the at least one time axis on the display, wherein a beginning of a time period and an end of the time period are displayed on the display on the at least one time axis as a single reference to the time period.