Patent ID: 8601388

Claim:
A method comprising: displaying a time window in a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein said time window includes time-based data that can be partially or fully displayed within the time window based on a scale factor of the time window, and wherein said time window includes (a) a timeline visible within said time window and (b) a slider bar that occupies a portion of said timeline, wherein a portion of time-based data that is displayed in said time window corresponds to data for a specific time period along the timeline relative to a current position of said slider bar within a displayed portion of the timeline, wherein in response to only a portion of the time-based data being displayed within the time window, a displayed portion of time-based data displayed within the time window dynamically changes based on movement of said slider bar; and in response to a click and drag input in a same direction as a directional flow of the timeline while a cursor of the GUI is located over said slider bar: moving said slider bar along said timeline from an initial position towards a next position on said timeline; changing a which portion of the time-based data is displayed in said time window by a spatial amount corresponding to an amount and direction of movement of said slider bar; and increasing a scale of said timeline and concurrently increasing a corresponding amount of time-based data that is displayed within the time window in response to the movement of said slider bar causing the slider bar to reach a displayed edge of said timeline within the time window, wherein additional time-based data that are available for display but are not presently being displayed are brought into and displayed within the time window in response to the slider bar being moved to and reaching the edge of the timeline.