Patent ID: 6900808

Claim:
A graphical data display for facilitating analysis of a plurality of source data values with respect to a predetermined data characteristic, the graphical data display comprising: a plurality of display bands, each of the display bands having a spatial arrangement with respect to each other in order to visually provide information regarding the predetermined data characteristic; wherein at least one display band is a primary display band based upon the predetermined data characteristic; and a display indicator associated with each display band, said display indicator indicating a value in its associated display band based upon at least one of the source data values, each display band providing a range region within which the associated display indicator may indicate the value; wherein the display indicator associated with the primary display band is indicative of a value that is dependent on the values indicated by the display indicators associated with the other display bands, the dependence based on a statistical characteristic of the values indicated by the display indicators associated with the other display bands.