Patent ID: 7516114

Claim:
A computer implemented method for visual structuring comprising: providing visual structuring of multivariable data sets in records, wherein each event of a plurality of events being illustrated as a record from a set of records, said record is represented in tabular form on a display device, each record forms a row in a tabular view, each record includes a plurality of fields characterizing different attributes or properties of said each event, field values of a same field in the records are arranged in columns; defining a key field used for sorting the records; sorting said set of records to find patterns or regularities employing said key field; grouping equivalent field values of the key field in an equivalent field value group; forming a corresponding blocks for each equivalent field value group, each corresponding block having a block size; displaying only one field value for each block, and hiding or masking all other field values of said each block, employing a visibility enhancement taken from a group of enhancements consisting of colors, hatching, adding border lines to cells, or removing border lines of cells or any combination of these enhancements; and enabling an operator only to see each respective one field value of the field in the block and monitor said set of records.