Proportional highlighting of data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9443336-B2
Application number	US-201414205586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2014
Priority date	Mar 12, 2013
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

A method of proportional highlighting of data is provided. A graph presented on a display includes a first axis, a second axis, and a first value marker that indicates a value determined from data selected for presentation. The first axis includes a minimum value and a maximum value. The second axis includes a plurality of category values. An indicator identifying a subset of the data is received. A proportional value is determined for the first value marker based on the received indicator. A second value marker indicating the proportional value is presented on the graph overlaid on the first value marker when the determined proportional value is between the minimum value and the maximum value. A scale adjustment marker is presented on the graph without adjusting the first axis when the determined proportional value is not between the minimum value and the maximum value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to:
present a first graph on a display, wherein the first graph includes a first axis, a second axis, and a first value marker, wherein the first value marker indicates a value determined from data selected for presentation on the display, wherein the first axis includes a minimum value and a maximum value and the second axis includes a plurality of category values;
receive an indicator identifying a subset of the data selected for presentation in the first graph on the display;
automatically identify the subset of the data based on the received indicator;
automatically compute a proportional value for the first value marker based on the automatically identified subset of the data;
automatically present a second value marker on the first graph overlaid on the first value marker when the automatically computed proportional value is between the minimum value and the maximum value, wherein the second value marker indicates the automatically computed proportional value; and
when the computed proportional value is not between the minimum value and the maximum value, automatically maintain the first graph including the first axis, the second axis, and the first value marker while concurrently presenting a scale adjustment marker on the first graph without adjusting the first axis such that the automatically computed proportional value for the first value marker is not visible on the first graph,
wherein the scale adjustment marker indicates that the computed proportional value is greater than the maximum value when the computed proportional value is greater than the maximum value,
wherein the scale adjustment marker indicates that the computed proportional value is less than the minimum value when the computed proportional value is less than the minimum value.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the scale adjustment marker is an arrowhead shape.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to determine that the computed proportional value is less than the minimum value.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to: receive a selection indicator indicating selection of the scale adjustment marker; and after receiving the selection indicator, present a second graph on the display, wherein the second graph includes a third axis, the second axis, the first value marker, and the second value marker overlaid on the first value marker, wherein the third axis includes a second minimum value and the maximum value, and wherein the second minimum value is less than the minimum value.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein presenting the second graph on the display removes the first graph from the display.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to determine that the computed proportional value is greater than the maximum value.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to: receive a selection indicator indicating selection of the scale adjustment marker; and after receiving the selection indicator, present a second graph on the display, wherein the second graph includes a third axis, the second axis, the first value marker, and the second value marker overlaid on the first value marker, wherein the third axis includes the minimum value and a second maximum value, wherein the second maximum value is greater than the maximum value.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the scale adjustment marker is presented in association with the first value marker.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the scale adjustment marker is presented in association with the first value marker when the computed proportional value is greater than the maximum value.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the scale adjustment marker is presented in association with a category value of the plurality of category values associated with the first value marker when the computed proportional value is less than the minimum value.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to: receive a selection indicator indicating selection of the scale adjustment marker; and after receiving the selection indicator, present a second graph on the display, wherein the second graph includes a third axis, the second axis, the first value marker, and the second value marker overlaid on the first value marker, wherein the third axis includes the minimum value and a second maximum value, and wherein the second maximum value is greater than the maximum value.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to: receive a selection indicator indicating selection of the scale adjustment marker; and after receiving the selection indicator, present a second graph on the display, wherein the second graph includes a third axis, the second axis, the first value marker, and the second value marker overlaid on the first value marker, wherein the third axis includes a second minimum value and the maximum value, and wherein the second minimum value is less than the minimum value.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to: receive a selection indicator indicating selection of the scale adjustment marker; and after receiving the selection indicator, present a second graph on the display, wherein the second graph includes a third axis, the second axis, the first value marker, and the second value marker overlaid on the first value marker, wherein the third axis includes a second minimum value and a second maximum value, wherein the second minimum value is less than the minimum value and the second maximum value is greater than the maximum value.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to: receive a selection indicator indicating selection of the scale adjustment marker; and after receiving the selection indicator, present a numeric value associated with the second value marker overlaid on the first graph.

15. A system comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause a computing device to
present a graph on a display, wherein the graph includes a first axis, a second axis, and a first value marker, wherein the first value marker indicates a value determined from data selected for presentation on the display,
wherein the first axis includes a minimum value and a maximum value and the second axis includes a plurality of category values;
receive an indicator identifying a subset of the data selected for presentation in the first graph on the display;
automatically identify the subset of data based on the received indicator;
automatically computed a proportional value for the first value marker based on the automatically identified subset of the data;
automatically present a second value marker on the graph overlaid on the first value mark

Assignees

• Sas Inst Inc

Inventors

• Benson Jordan Riley
• Hines Jr Joseph Oliver
• Caira David J
• Dotson Douglas R
• Wimmer Frank Lee
• Clarke David Langton
• Pasour Iii Ernest C
• Abousalh-Neto Nascif A
• Devarajan Ravinder
• Ramarajan Rajiv
• Patel Himesh G

Classifications

• G06T11/26 Primary

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06T11/60 Primary

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G06T11/206

  Physics · mapped topic