Patent Document ID: 7599945
Application ID: 11564995
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for visually representing a plurality of clusters, the plurality of clusters comprising a plurality of entities with respect to a plurality of entity attributes, wherein each entity of the plurality of entities belongs to at least one cluster of the plurality of clusters, comprising: processing a plurality of entity data to determine a plurality of characteristics for each cluster of the plurality of clusters with respect to each entity attribute of the plurality of entity attributes; and causing a display to be generated representing the plurality of clusters with respect to the plurality of entity attributes, such that for each cluster of the plurality of clusters and for each entity attribute of the plurality of entity attributes, a separate portion of the display corresponding to that cluster and that entity attribute represents at least two characteristics of the plurality of characteristics simultaneously for that said each cluster with respect to that said each entity attribute, with textual content in the separate portion of the display representing a first of the two characteristics and display characteristics of the textual content in the separate portion of the display representing a second of the two characteristics, wherein the display comprises: a first dimension representing the plurality of clusters, such that said each cluster is represented by a unique portion of the first dimension; a second dimension representing the plurality of entity attributes, such that said each entity attribute is represented by a unique portion of the second dimension; wherein, each separate portion of the display, representing said each cluster of the plurality of clusters and said each entity attribute of the plurality of entity attributes, is an area of the display defined by the unique portion of the first dimension representing that said each cluster and by the unique portion of the second dimension representing the said each entity attribute; and the display further comprises a third dimension representing the plurality of characteristics, such that each unique portion of the third dimension is characterized by the textual content in the separate portion of the display and the display characteristics of the textual content in the separate portion of the display, to represent the at least two characteristics of the plurality of characteristics simultaneously for said each cluster of the plurality of clusters with respect to said each entity attribute of the plurality of entity attributes; and wherein the third dimension is the intersection of the first dimension and the second dimension, such that an intersection of a portion of the first dimension and a portion of the second dimension forms the portion of the third dimension representing the at least two characteristics of the plurality of characteristics simultaneously for said each cluster represented by the portion of the first dimension with respect to said each entity attribute represented by the portion of the second dimension.