Patent ID: 7949642

Claim:
A method of presenting information regarding a plurality of entities, said method being performed by a processor, said method comprising: for each said entity, storing at least one entity characteristic list, said at least one entity characteristic list comprising entity characteristic information regarding each said entity, said entity characteristic information comprising at least one time entry, said at least one time entry comprising a plurality of entity time components and a plurality of entity day components, said plurality of entity day components comprises at least seven entity day components, each of said seven entity day components corresponding to a different day of the week, each of said seven entity day components associated with at least one of said plurality of entity time components, said plurality of entity time components comprising at least one continuous time range, said continuous time range comprising at least one begin time component and at least one end time component; receiving a queried time, said queried time comprising at least one queried day component and at least one queried time component; for each said entity, resolving a characteristic classification from said queried time and said at least one entity characteristic list, said operation of resolving further comprising, comparing said at least one queried day component to at least one of said plurality of entity day components and comparing said at least one queried time component to a selected at least one pair of entity time components, said characteristic classification having a plurality of possible values, said possible values comprising at least a first value and a second value; and for each said entity, displaying at least one representation for said each entity, said at least one representation rendered in a first state when said characteristic classification of each said entity has resolved to a first value and said at least one representation rendered in a second state when said characteristic classification of each said entity has resolved to a second value.