Patent Document ID: 8635530
Application ID: 13024040

Base Claim:
1. A method of data filtering in an information technology system, comprising: generating a graphical statistical representation of a data set in a first graphical user interface; displaying the graphical statistical representation on an electronic display; displaying multiple manipulable graphical elements in a second graphical user interface in conjunction with the graphical statistical representation, wherein a pair of particular manipulable graphical elements represents statistical ranges for the graphical statistical representation on either side of another particular manipulable graphical element; receiving user input adjusting one or more of the manipulable graphical elements specifying one or more adjusted statistical ranges; filtering the data set to correspond to the graphical statistical representation within the one or more adjusted statistical ranges; wherein, the graphical statistical representation of the data set comprises a bell curve, each of the pair of particular manipulable graphical elements adjust a separate statistical range on different sides of the other particular manipulable graphical element, and the other particular manipulable graphical element adjusts a statistical percentile.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the data set comprises tabular information in rows and columns; and filtering the data set further comprises eliminating information from one or more rows and/or columns of the tabular information such that the filtered data set corresponds to the graphical statistical representation within the one or more adjusted statistical ranges.