Patent ID: 7158992

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for a graphical presentation of multidimensional data to a user, comprising: a) providing a data set of dimension n containing data, the data having predetermined data attributes; b) for each of the dimensions, generating a plurality of comparative visual scales from at least some of the data attributes associated with the other dimensions; and c) displaying the visual scales in a plurality of separate windows; d) wherein the displayed windows are linked to each other so that a change in the data set is concurrently reflected in all of the displayed windows; e) wherein each of the displayed windows corresponds to a single dimension, the comparative visual scales therein being a comparative presentation that relates to the single dimension and contains one or more visual parameter(s) perceivable by the user as comparative measurements of displayed data relative to other displayed data; f) wherein each dimension comprises a plurality of members and each of the visual scales therein corresponds to one of the members thereof; and g) wherein the one or more visual parameter(s) for each of the visual scales in each of the dimensions is determined for the corresponding member by a combination or a transformation of at least some of the data relating to the corresponding member from the other dimensions.