Methods and system for visualizing data sets
First Claim
1. A method of manipulating large datasets for display, wherein a first dimension of the data to be displayed is much larger than a second dimension of the data to be displayed causing the dataset to be disproportional to a display on which the dataset is to be viewed, said method comprising the steps of:
- subdividing the dataset along the first dimension to form segments of the dataset, each segment having a fraction of the first dimension and all of the second dimension; and
displaying at least a subset of the segments adjacent one another on the display, thereby using the area of the display more efficiently.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and recordable media for viewing large data sets having extremely disproportional dimensions on a symmetrical display. Data sets in matrix form having many more rows than columns or vice versa may be manipulated to make maximum use of a symmetrical display. Further data management processes facilitate navigation through large datasets and provide the ability to look at one or more portions of the data set in detail while still maintaining the context of the entire data set, or a larger portion of the dataset.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of manipulating large datasets for display, wherein a first dimension of the data to be displayed is much larger than a second dimension of the data to be displayed causing the dataset to be disproportional to a display on which the dataset is to be viewed, said method comprising the steps of:
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subdividing the dataset along the first dimension to form segments of the dataset, each segment having a fraction of the first dimension and all of the second dimension; and
displaying at least a subset of the segments adjacent one another on the display, thereby using the area of the display more efficiently. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for manipulating large datasets for display, wherein a first dimension of the data to be displayed is much larger than a second dimension of the data to be displayed causing the dataset to be disproportional to a display on which the dataset is to be viewed, said system comprising:
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a display;
means for subdividing the dataset along the first dimension to form segments of the dataset, each segment having a fraction of the first dimension and all of the second dimension; and
means for displaying at least a subset of the segments adjacent one another on said display, thereby using the area of the display more efficiently.
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23. A computer readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for manipulating large datasets for display, wherein a first dimension of the data to be displayed is much larger than a second dimension of the data to be displayed causing the dataset to be disproportional to a display on which the dataset is to be viewed, wherein execution of one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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subdividing the dataset along the first dimension to form segments of the dataset, each segment having a fraction of the first dimension and all of the second dimension; and
displaying at least a subset of the segments adjacent one another on the display, thereby using the area of the display more efficiently.
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