Patent Document ID: 8131471
Application ID: 10688588
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying and manipulating data representing physical measurements, the method comprising: storing, in a storage element of a computer implementing said method, an ordered data matrix comprising: a plurality of measured values representing a plurality of different physical measurements performed on a plurality of samples; a plurality of sample descriptive values corresponding to each sample, each sample descriptive value characterizing a corresponding sample independent of said measurements; and a plurality of measurement descriptive values corresponding to each physical measurement, each measurement descriptive value characterizing a corresponding type of measurement or measurement condition, independent of said samples; providing a two dimensional detail graphic on a display of said computer, said graphic having a plurality of cells, each cell corresponding to one of said values in said data matrix, said graphic providing a view of a portion of said data matrix that is defined by a base location in said data matrix; generating a pseudo-data vector comprising one value for each of said samples, said pseudo-data vector being calculated from said plurality of sample descriptive values or from said plurality of measurement descriptive values, independent of said measured values representing said physical measurements; reordering said data matrix based on a measure of similarity between said pseudo-data vector and measured values of said data matrix; and displaying on said display a new portion of said data matrix based on said re-ordering.