Display of visual data utilizing data aggregation
First Claim
1. A system for displaying the characteristics of time-varying data from one or more data streams comprised of a series of data items on a display which is updated at successive display update intervals characterized by:
- means for producing a display control signal by aggregating a plurality of items of data from one or more of the time-varying data streams and producing the display control signal at the expiration of the display update interval; and
means for producing one or more display elements on the display in response to the display control signal, the characteristics of the display element representing the characteristics of the time-varying data;
one or more of the data streams being discrete data; and
said aggregation comprising selecting the data item occurring most or least often from one or more of the data streams.
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Abstract
A method for visualizing time-varying data from one or more data streams at a different interval than the interval between acquisition of the individual data items in the data stream. Data received is combined, or aggregated, between updates of a display to retain some information from each element. The aggregated data is then displayed at the next update of the display in a number of display elements. The characteristics of the display elements, and the organization of the elements represent changes in the data streams.
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37 Claims
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1. A system for displaying the characteristics of time-varying data from one or more data streams comprised of a series of data items on a display which is updated at successive display update intervals characterized by:
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means for producing a display control signal by aggregating a plurality of items of data from one or more of the time-varying data streams and producing the display control signal at the expiration of the display update interval; and means for producing one or more display elements on the display in response to the display control signal, the characteristics of the display element representing the characteristics of the time-varying data; one or more of the data streams being discrete data; and said aggregation comprising selecting the data item occurring most or least often from one or more of the data streams. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for displaying the characteristics of time-varying data from one or more data streams comprised of a series of data items on a display which is updated at successive display update intervals characterized by:
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means for producing a display control signal by aggregating a plurality of items of data from one or more of the time-varying data streams and producing the display control signal at the expiration of the display update interval; and means for producing one or more display elements on the display in response to the display control signal, the characteristics of the display element representing the characteristics of the time- varying data; said data streams comprising stored data including an indication of the time interval between successive data items in the data streams; and the display update interval being shorter than the time interval between successive data items.
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21. A method of displaying the characteristics of time-varying data from one or more data streams comprised of a series of data items on a display comprising:
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selecting an display update interval for determining when the characteristics of data from one or more of the data streams will be displayed on the display; aggregating a plurality of data items from on or more data streams; and displaying the aggregated data as one or more display elements at the end of the display update interval, each of the one or more display elements representing characteristics of data from one or more of the data streams, the visual characteristics of each of the display elements representing changes in the characteristics of one or more of the data streams, wherein said data items are discrete data, and said aggregation comprises selecting the data items occurring most or least often from one or more of the data streams. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of displaying the characteristics of time-varying data from one or more data streams comprised of a series of data items on a display comprising:
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selecting an display update interval for determining when the characteristics of data from one or more of the data streams will be displayed on the display; aggregating a plurality of data items from on or more data streams; and displaying the aggregated data as one or more display elements at the end of the display update interval, each of the one or more display elements representing characteristics of data from one or more of the data streams, the visual characteristics of each of the display elements representing changes in the characteristics of one or more of the data streams the data streams comprising stored data including an indication of the time interval between successive data times in the data streams; and the display update interval being shorter than the time interval between successive data items.
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