Patent ID: 6867788

Claim:
A view composition system, for combining multiple visual representations to provide a combined view constituted by sets of data for visualization, each set of data described by using at least one of a number of dimensions, domains for the individual dimensions, calculation procedures for arranging individual elements in the view, and an inclusion relationship of the domains, said system comprising: a view manager for managing, as a plurality of views, sets of data for individual visual representation; a view retriever for retrieving combinable views from the plurality of views, enabling presentation of alternative representations of data from the sets of data; and a view composer for automatically combining views from said combinable views retrieved by said view retriever without user intervention, wherein said combined views comprise a synthesis of multiple visual representations of multiple sets of data, wherein each one of said multiple sets of data provides at least one view, and wherein each said view comprises a logical entity with associated domains and visual means for mapping each data element into a visual structure.