Patent ID: 8434026

Claim:
A time dimension management system comprising: a computer; and a date selector controller, executable by the computer, to control a date selector that displays a standard calendar and a business calendar, the date selector controller comprising: a standard calendar manager to display the standard calendar to allow user selection of a time period, the standard calendar representing a standard time data structure; and a business calendar manager to display the business calendar, the displayed business calendar representing a business time data structure different from the standard time data structure, the business time data structure comprising two or more separate time levels, each of the two or more separate time levels representing a respective independent set of time periods, wherein each independent set of time periods is associated with a different unit of time, wherein at least one time period of one of the independent sets of time periods has a duration that is different from the time period included in the standard calendar, wherein each of the independent sets of time periods includes a respective continuum of time periods, wherein the displayed business calendar comprises multiple selectable cells each corresponding to a time period of a respective independent set of time periods, and wherein the multiple selectable cells of the displayed business calendar are graphically arranged to represent a hierarchy of the two or more time levels, wherein the date selector controller provides a visual, side-by-side navigation of both the standard calendar and the business calendar, such that when a new time period is selected in one of the displayed standard calendar and the displayed business calendar, the date selector controller automatically updates a view of the other calendar to visually indicate the selected new time period.