Patent ID: 7324109

Claim:
A method for compact tabular display of statistical information from a computer network comprising: a. providing a means for collecting statistical information from the computer network; b. providing a means for displaying the statistical information; c. collecting the statistical information from the computer network related to a least one of the group of: arrival of work at a computer node, a request for service at a computer node and arrival rates of work at a computer server and number of transactions waiting in a queue; d. providing a means for superimposing statistical information over the displayed data; e. wherein the means for superimposing statistical information over the displayed data carries out the further steps of: retrieving a predetermined number of data ranges; retrieving a predetermined number of data categories; retrieving a predetermined data count associated with each of the predetermined number of ranges and each of the predetermined number of data categories; f. determining a total number of samples from the data; g. creating at least one table header associated with the data; the table header including an identification title for each of a data category column and a plurality of range columns; h. defining a unique data cell location for each unique combination of data ranges and data categories; each data cell location having a data cell location foreground and a data cell location background; i. calculating a unique fraction for each data cell by dividing the data count associated with each of the predetermined number of ranges and each of the predetermined number of data categories by the total number of samples; j. assigning a unique HTML compliant gray scale intensity to each data cell location background controlled by the unique fraction for each data cell; k. assigning a foreground color from the group of white and black for each data cell location foreground controlled by the unique fraction for each data cell; and l. repeating the steps j and k for each unique data cell location.