Patent ID: 8185821

Claim:
A method of generating a plurality of chronological tables such that data for a plurality of topics having time or period information is laid out at corresponding positions along a chronological axis of the plurality of chronological tables, the method comprising: displaying a chronological table generating screen including a chronological table generating area; displaying, in the chronological table generating area, at least one display element that is the chronological axis for the plurality of chronological tables, the at least one display element identifying a unit of time by which the data will be arranged along the chronological axis; obtaining at least one piece of data for each of the plurality of chronological tables; and generating the plurality of chronological tables by laying out, for each chronological table, the at least one piece of data in the chronological table generating area in a corresponding area designated for the chronological table and along the chronological axis at positions based on time and/or period information of each of the at least one piece of data and on the unit of time of the chronological axis, the laying out comprising aligning on the chronological axis a first position of a first piece of data of a first chronological table and a second position of a second piece of data of a second chronological table when the first piece of data and the second piece of data have similar time and/or period information, wherein each chronological table of the plurality of chronological tables relates to a particular topic of the plurality of topics and wherein, for each of the plurality of chronological tables, the at least one piece of data for the chronological table relates to the particular topic of the chronological table.