System and method for visual recognition of paths and patterns

US7202868B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Ming C. Hao · Palo Alto, US
• Umeshwar Dayal · Saratoga, US
• Fabio Casati · Palo Alto, US
• Daniel Keim · Steißlingen, DE
• Eric Stammers · Leatherhead, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2004
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for providing a graphical representation of data. Embodiments of the present invention comprise: abstracting a plurality of parameters from the parameter set, dividing the plurality of parameters into data groups, defining a plurality of partitions for a graphical representation, mapping the data groups to corresponding nodes on the plurality of partitions, and connecting the nodes graphically with indicia that indicates an association between data groups.