Patent Document ID: 20020171646
Application ID: 09860968
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A processor-implemented method of analyzing information objects, the information objects having at least four unique fields in common, wherein each field of each information object has a respective value, comprising: defining unit vectors for each of the fields, wherein the unit vectors lie in a common plane; providing a graphical representation for each of the unit vectors on a monitor interfaced with a processor; for each information object, calculating field vectors for each field in the information object, each of the field vectors having a magnitude determined by the field's value and an orientation determined by the field's unit vector; for each information object, summing the field vectors to determine an information object vector; for each information object, displaying on the monitor a feature representing the end point of the corresponding information object vector, thereby displaying a first plot of features on the monitor; changing at least one of the graphical representations using a graphical user interface (GUI); using the processor to redefine the unit vector corresponding to the changed graphical representation in accordance with said changing; using the processor to recalculate information object vectors in accordance with said redefinition of the unit vector; and for each recalculated information object, displaying on the monitor a feature representing the end point of the corresponding recalculated information object vector, thereby displaying a second plot of features on the monitor.