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DISPLAY OF FILTERED DATA VIA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION

  • US 20110258569A1
  • Filed: 04/20/2010
  • Published: 10/20/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of filtering a collection comprising a plurality of items, each item comprising associated metadata, the method comprising:

  • filtering the collection based on a category to create a subset of the collection, the subset comprising one or more items each having metadata corresponding to the category and a value associated with the metadata;

    ranking the subset based on the values associated with the metadata;

    upon ranking the subset, determining a lower endpoint and an upper endpoint of the values associated with the metadata;

    determining a range of the subset, the range being defined between the lower endpoint and the upper endpoint;

    sending to a display a user interface object comprising a frequency distribution of the subset for the range, the user interface object further comprising a range indication user interface object indicating a selected portion of the range; and

    sending to a results portion of the display one or more items of the subset having values associated with the metadata which fall within the selected portion of the range.

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