Patent Document ID: 20130326411
Application ID: 13899349
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-generated user interface for manipulating visual representations of data, the user interface being operable to: receive from a user a selection of a plurality of categories, each selected category representing a category of data stored in a dataset, the dataset comprising a plurality of data cells each comprising data values associated with the plurality of categories; display to the user a virtual multidimensional representation of the dataset, each dimension of the virtual representation representing a respective category of data selected by the user; receive from the user a selection of a first and a second category of data displayed in the virtual representation; receive from the user a command to combine the first and second categories of data; determine whether the first and second categories are suitable for combination, and when the first and second categories are suitable for combination to: replace the first and second categories of data with a third category of data representing a logical combination of the first and second categories; and display a revised virtual representation of the dataset, wherein the dimensions representing the first and second categories of data in the original representation are replaced with a representation of a third category of data representing a logical combination of the first and second categories of data.