Value-driven visualization primitives for tabular data of spreadsheets
First Claim
1. A method for multiple parameter visualization of tabular data of an electronic spreadsheet, the electronic spreadsheet comprising cells arranged in rows and columns, each cell comprising an associated data value, the method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of data values from the tabular data;
computing a plurality of visual parameters, each responsive to an associated one of the a plurality of data values, wherein each visual parameter is a number within a range of numbers and is determined according to;
a user-specified selection of cells,a user-specified color visual effect,a user-specified range of color variation, the color variation comprising a plurality of at least two automatically-generated colors within the range that are not specified by the user, anda corresponding user-specified range of data values;
automatically calculating one or more variations of the color visual effect, without requiring user specification, each variation color visual effect responsive to at least one data value comprised by the user specified selection of cells;
controlling the color visual effect rendered on at least a portion of the tabular data responsive to at least one visual parameter; and
rendering the color visual effect within the cells of the portion of the tabular data to visually supplement the display of the portion of the tabular data responsive to at least one data value comprised by the user specified selection of cells,wherein the color employed in the color visual effect automatically varies over the user-specified range of color visual effect variation without having to be specified by the user,wherein the color value of each color visual effect imposed in a cell is not solely determined by the data value comprised by that cell, andwherein each cell according displays a data value comprised by that cell and a color effect representing information not solely determined by the data value comprised by that cell.
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Abstract
A method comprising obtaining a plurality of values from tabular data, computing a plurality of visual parameters, responsive to an associated data value, each visual parameter determined according to one or more of a user-specified selection of cells, a user-specified color visual effect, a user-specified range of color variation, and a corresponding user-specified range of data values, automatically calculating one or more variations of the color visual effect, controlling the color visual effect rendered on at least a portion of the tabular data responsive to the at least one visual parameter, and rendering the color effect within the cells of the portion of the tabular data to visually supplement the display of the portion of the tabular data responsive to at least one data value comprised by the user specified selection of cells.
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1. A method for multiple parameter visualization of tabular data of an electronic spreadsheet, the electronic spreadsheet comprising cells arranged in rows and columns, each cell comprising an associated data value, the method comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of data values from the tabular data; computing a plurality of visual parameters, each responsive to an associated one of the a plurality of data values, wherein each visual parameter is a number within a range of numbers and is determined according to; a user-specified selection of cells, a user-specified color visual effect, a user-specified range of color variation, the color variation comprising a plurality of at least two automatically-generated colors within the range that are not specified by the user, and a corresponding user-specified range of data values; automatically calculating one or more variations of the color visual effect, without requiring user specification, each variation color visual effect responsive to at least one data value comprised by the user specified selection of cells; controlling the color visual effect rendered on at least a portion of the tabular data responsive to at least one visual parameter; and rendering the color visual effect within the cells of the portion of the tabular data to visually supplement the display of the portion of the tabular data responsive to at least one data value comprised by the user specified selection of cells, wherein the color employed in the color visual effect automatically varies over the user-specified range of color visual effect variation without having to be specified by the user, wherein the color value of each color visual effect imposed in a cell is not solely determined by the data value comprised by that cell, and wherein each cell according displays a data value comprised by that cell and a color effect representing information not solely determined by the data value comprised by that cell. - 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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