Patent ID: 7925660

Claim:
A system for visual structuring of multivariable data sets, the system comprising: a processor and memory; a plurality of sensors for monitoring data and generating events depending on the monitoring task, wherein the sensors are configured to receive the data from a network, wherein an event comprises a multivariable data record having multiple data properties; an intrusion detection system for receiving the events generated by the sensors; a plurality of agents for performing pattern recognition on the events, said plurality of agents operatively coupled with the intrusion detection system; wherein the agents are operable for determining whether among the events there are events showing patterns relevant for security purposes; and a display device operatively coupled with the intrusion detection system, the display device for displaying the events comprising relevant patterns in tabular form, wherein each event of the events being displayed is presented as a record; wherein the tabular form comprises a plurality of rows and columns for representing the record on the display device, each record comprising a plurality of fields characterizing different attributes of its corresponding event; wherein field values of a same field in the records are arranged in columns; and a computer readable storage medium including an executable program for visual structuring of multivariable data sets being provided in records, the records including a plurality of fields and being displayed in tabular form on the display device, wherein the program performs the steps of: defining one of the fields as a key field; sorting the records by the key field; finding equivalent field values in the fields in the records arranged adjacent to each other; defining a block for those equivalent field values; displaying one field value of the block; and masking all other field values within the block.