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Generating a focused data set from an original data set

  • US 20030061193A1
  • Filed: 09/24/2001
  • Published: 03/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a system that includes a data set that includes lines that have information that is relevant to a user and wherein the lines are dispersed among a plurality of extraneous lines in the data set, a method for processing the data set to identify and display the lines to the user without losing a context of the lines with respect to other lines in the data set, the method comprising:

  • a step for providing one or more filters at an analysis module, wherein the one or more filters are configured by the user;

    a step for processing the data set through the one or more filters to identify focused lines that satisfy the one or more filters;

    a step for generating a focused data set by including some of the focused lines identified by the one or more filters in the focused data set; and

    a step for displaying the focused data set to the user by visually isolating the focused lines included in the focused data set, wherein lines that are excluded by the one or more filters are not displayed to the user in the focused data set.

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