Method of generating an audible indication of data stored in a database
First Claim
1. A method of generating an audible indication of data in a database, the data representing a plurality of data points, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) assigning preselected audible sounds to indicate various degrees of variation in the values of the data for the respective data points from normal or expected values for such data;
(b) creating a visual display having an arrangement indicative of the data points providing the data in the database;
(c) scanning the visual display;
(d) for each scanned data point, generating the preselected audible sound indicating the degree of variation in the value of the data for the scanned data point from the normal value for the data for the scanned data point.
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Abstract
A method of generating an audible indication of data stored in a database and representing a group of data points. Preselected audible sounds are assigned to indicate various degrees of variation in the values of the data for the respective data points from normal or expected values for such data. A visual display is created having an arrangement indicative of the data points providing the data in the database. The visual display is scanned, and for each scanned data point the preselected audible sound is generated which indicates the degree of variation in the value of the data from the normal value for such data. Display figure icons can be included in the visual display, corresponding to the data points, each icon indicating the degree of variation in the value of the data for the corresponding data point from the normal or expected value for such data, thus providing a visual indication of the value of the data for the data point presently being scanned, as well as an audible indication.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of generating an audible indication of data in a database, the data representing a plurality of data points, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) assigning preselected audible sounds to indicate various degrees of variation in the values of the data for the respective data points from normal or expected values for such data;
(b) creating a visual display having an arrangement indicative of the data points providing the data in the database;
(c) scanning the visual display;
(d) for each scanned data point, generating the preselected audible sound indicating the degree of variation in the value of the data for the scanned data point from the normal value for the data for the scanned data point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of generating an audible indication of data about a system, the system having a plurality of data points, the indication including a plurality of segments corresponding with the respective data points, the segments being in a fixed sequence corresponding with the sequence of the data points, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) monitoring the value of each data point in the system to create a database of data about the system;
(b) assigning preselected audible sounds to correspond with the degree of variation in the values of the data for the respective data points from normal or expected values for such data;
(c) creating a visual display indicative of the system;
(d) scanning the visual display;
(e) for each scanned segment, generating the preselected audible sound indicating the degree of variation in the value of the data for the corresponding data point from the normal or expected value for the data for such data point. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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