Patent ID: 7853465

Claim:
A method of, the method comprising: rendering on an electronic display a timeline axis that represents a segment of time; rendering on the electronic display a business event axis in relation to the timeline axis, positions on the business event axis corresponding to respective types of business events that can occur during a first business activity and a second business activity, where the first and second business activities include a succession of multiple business events such that the first and second business activities include at least one business event of the same business event type; for each of the multiple business events associated with the first business activity and the second business activity, generating on the electronic display a corresponding event instance with respect to the business event axis and the timeline axis to indicate a type of business event and a time at which the respective business event occurred; and generating on the electronic display a first graphical link amongst the multiple event instances associated with the first business activity to indicate a progression of the first business activity over time; generating on the electronic display a second graphical link amongst the multiple event instances associated with the second business activity to indicate a progression of the second business activity over time; displaying the timeline axis, the business event axis, event instances, and the first graphical link and the second graphical link on the electronic display.