Patent ID: 8024651

Claim:
A method of displaying information in an interactive user interface, comprising: receiving web analytics data; simultaneously displaying; a hierarchical pie chart indicative of the web analytics data, the hierarchical pie chart comprising an upper-level pie chart comprising a plurality of upper-level slices; and a hierarchical table of nodes corresponding to the upper-level pie chart, the hierarchical table of nodes comprising an upper-level node corresponding to a particular upper-level slice of the upper-level pie chart; receiving an input indicative of a selection of the upper-level node or the particular upper-level slice, wherein the input is received while the lower-level pie chart and the lower level node are not currently being displayed; and in response to receiving the input, simultaneously displaying: a modified hierarchical pie chart; and a modified hierarchical table of nodes, wherein the modified hierarchical pie chart comprises: the upper-level pie chart comprising the plurality of upper-level slices; and a lower-level pie chart corresponding to the particular upper-level slice of the upper-level pie chart, the lower-level pie chart comprising a plurality of lower-level slices corresponding to a breakdown of the particular upper-level slice of the upper-level pie chart, wherein the lower-level pie chart and the upper-level pie chart are simultaneously displayed in association with one another; and wherein the modified hierarchical table of nodes comprises the hierarchical table of nodes expanded to include: the upper-level node corresponding to the particular upper-level slice of the upper-level pie chart; and a lower-level node corresponding to a lower-level slice of the lower-level pie chart, wherein the lower-level node is displayed as a sub-level of the upper-level node such that the hierarchical table of nodes comprises a visual display that is indicative of the lower-level node being associated with a lower-hierarchical-level of the modified hierarchical table, the upper-level node being associated with an upper-hierarchical-level of the modified hierarchical table, and the upper-hierarchical-level comprising the lower-hierarchical-level.