Multidimensional data display system and method

Claim 2

An improved multidimensional data display system, comprising: means for creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, the display having associated display cells having display locations at dimension element intersections; means for rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis, resulting in rearranged display cell locations, to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said means for rearranging enabling rearrangement of the display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes; and means for reordering elements and the associated display cells within a display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display for allowing alteration of the display format without compromise of the data integrity.

Claim 3

The improved data display system of claim 1 in which said means for creating includes means for establishing a created display dimension order array.

Claim 4

The improved data display system of claim 2 in which said means for rearranging includes means for altering said display dimension order array.

Claim 5

The improved data display system of claim 3 in which said means for rearranging further includes means for comparing said rearranged display cell locations to said altered dimension order array for resolving which created display cell corresponds to said rearranged display cell.

Claim 6

The improved data display system of claim 1 in which said means for creating includes means for establishing an array of created display cell data storage pointers.

Claim 7

The improved data display system of claim 5 in which said means for rearranging includes means for retrieving the pointers for each created display cell associated with a rearranged display cell to retrieve the correct data for display in the rearranged display cells.

Claim 8

The improved data display system of claim 5 further including means for reordering display cells associated with a dimension element.

Claim 9

The improved data display system of claim 7 in which said means for reordering includes means for resolving the storage pointers for the display cells to be reordered.

Claim 10

The improved data display system of claim 8 in which said means for reordering further includes means for changing the relationship between the resolved storage pointers and the display cells with which the pointers are associated.

Claim 11

The improved data display system of claim 1 in which said means for reordering includes means for storing a representation of the display cells associated with the dimension elements to be reordered.

Claim 12

The improved data display system of claim 10 in which said means for reordering further includes means for changing within the dimension the display location of the display cells associated with the display dimensions to be reordered for reordering the dimension elements and associated display cells.

Claim 13

The improved data display system of claim 1 further including means for establishing additional display cells with display data derived from other display cells.

Claim 14

The improved data display system of claim 1 in which said multidimensional data display includes on one display axis a primary and secondary dimension, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary dimension element.

Claim 15

The improved data display system of claim 13 further including means for altering the number of secondary dimension elements for at least one primary dimension element.

Claim 16

The improved data display system of claim 13 further including means for altering the order of the secondary dimension elements for at least one primary dimension element.

Claim 17

An improved multidimensional data display system, comprising: means for creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, the display having associated display cells at dimension element intersections; means for establishing additional display cells with the display data derived from other display cells; and means for rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said means for rearranging enabling rearrangement of the display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes.

Claim 18

An improved multidimensional data display system, comprising: means for creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, the display having associated display cells at dimension element intersections; means for establishing additional display cells with the display data derived from other display cells; and means for rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said means for rearranging enabling rearrangement of the display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes.

Claim 19

An improved multidimensional data display system, comprising: means for creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements with at least one display axis having primary and secondary dimensions, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary element, the display having display cells at dimension element intersections; means for altering the number of secondary dimension elements and the secondary dimension order for at least one primary dimension element; and means for rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said means for rearranging enabling rearrangement of the display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes.

Claim 20

An improved multidimensional data display system, comprising: means for creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements with at least one display axis having primary and secondary dimensions, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary element, the display having display cells at dimension element intersections; means for altering the number of secondary dimension elements and the secondary dimension order for at least one primary dimension element; and means for rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said means for rearranging enabling rearrangement of the display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes.

Claim 21

An improved multidimensional data display system, comprising: means for creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, with at least one display axis having primary and secondary dimensions, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary element, the display having display cells at dimension element intersections; means for altering the number of secondary dimension elements or the secondary dimension order for at least one primary dimension element; means for rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said means for rearranging enabling rearrangement of the display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes; means for establishing additional display cells with display data derived from other display cells; and means for reordering elements within a display dimension axis and the associated display cells to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display.

Claim 22

An improved multidimensional data display system, comprising: means for creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, with at least one display axis having primary and secondary dimensions, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary element, the display having display cells at dimension element intersections; means for altering the number of secondary dimension elements or the secondary dimension order for at least one primary dimension element; means for rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said means for rearranging enabling rearrangement of the display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes; means for establishing additional display cells with display data derived from other display cells; and means for reordering elements within a display dimension axis and the associated display cells to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display.

Claim 23

An improved multidimensional data display method, comprising: creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, the display having associated display cells having display locations at dimension element intersections; rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis, resulting in rearranged display cell locations, to maintain the display cell and element association of the created display on rearrangement, said rearranging enabling rearrangement of the display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes; and reordering elements within a display dimension axis and the associated display cells to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display.

Claim 24

An improved multidimensional data display method, comprising: creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, the display having associated display cells having display locations at dimension element intersections; rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis, resulting in rearranged display cell locations, to maintain the display cell and element association of the created display on rearrangement, said rearranging enabling rearrangement of the display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes; and reordering elements within a display dimension axis and the associated display cells to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display.

Claim 25

The improved data display method of claim 19 in which creating a data display includes establishing a created display dimension order array.

Claim 26

The improved data display method of claim 20 in which rearranging display dimensions includes altering the display dimension order array.

Claim 27

The improved data display method of claim 21 in which rearranging display dimensions further includes comparing said rearranged display cell locations to the altered dimension order array for resolving which created display cell corresponds to the rearranged display cell.

Claim 28

The improved data display method of claim 19 in which creating a data display includes establishing an array of created display cell data storage pointers.

Claim 29

The improved data display method of claim 23 in which rearranging display dimensions includes retrieving the pointers for each created display cell associated with a rearranged display cell to retrieve the correct data for display in the rearranged display cells.

Claim 30

The improved data display method of claim 23 further including reordering display cells associated with a dimension element.

Claim 31

The improved data display method of claim 25 in which reordering includes resolving the storage pointers for the display cells to be reordered.

Claim 32

The improved data display method of claim 26 in which reordering further includes changing the relationship between the resolved storage pointers and the display cells with which the pointers are associated.

Claim 33

The improved data display method of claim 19 in which reordering elements includes storing a representation of the display cells associated with the dimension elements to be reordered.

Claim 34

The improved data display method of claim 28 in which reordering elements further includes changing within the dimension the display location of the display cells associated with the display dimensions to be reordered for reordering the dimension elements and associated display cells.

Claim 35

The improved data display method of claim 19 further including establishing additional display cells with display data derived from other display cells.

Claim 36

The improved data display method of claim 19 in which the multidimensional data display includes on one display axis a primary and secondary dimension, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary dimension element.

Claim 37

The improved data display method of claim 31 further including altering the number of secondary dimension elements for at least one primary dimension element.

Claim 38

The improved data display method of claim 31 further including altering the order of the secondary dimension elements for at least one primary dimension element.

Claim 39

An improved multidimensional data display method, comprising: creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, the display having associated display cells at dimension element intersections; establishing additional display cells with display data derived from other display cells; and rearranging display dimensions axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said rearranging enabling rearrangement of display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes.

Claim 40

An improved multidimensional data display method, comprising: creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, the display having associated display cells at dimension element intersections; establishing additional display cells with display data derived from other display cells; and rearranging display dimensions axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said rearranging enabling rearrangement of display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes.

Claim 41

An improved multidimensional data display method, comprising: creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, with at least one display axis having primary and secondary dimensions, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary element, the display having display cells at dimension element intersections; altering the number of secondary dimension elements or the order of secondary elements for at least one primary dimension element; and rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said rearranging enabling rearrangement of display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes.

Claim 42

An improved multidimensional data display method, comprising: creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, with at least one display axis having primary and secondary dimensions, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary element, the display having display cells at dimension element intersections; altering the number of secondary dimension elements or the order of secondary elements for at least one primary dimension element; and rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said rearranging enabling rearrangement of display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes.

Claim 43

An improved multidimensional data display method, comprising: creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, with at least one display axis having primary and secondary dimensions, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary element, the display having display cells at dimension element intersections; altering the number of secondary dimension elements or the order of secondary elements for at least one primary dimension elements; rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said rearranging enabling rearrangement of display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes; establishing additional display cells with display data derived from other display cells; and reordering elements within a display dimension axis and the associated display cells to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display.

Claim 44

An improved multidimensional data display method, comprising: creating a multidimensional data display having at least three dimension axes, each dimension axis having one or more dimension elements, with at least one display axis having primary and secondary dimensions, with one or more secondary dimension elements associated with each primary element, the display having display cells at dimension element intersections; altering the number of secondary dimension elements or the order of secondary elements for at least one primary dimension elements; rearranging display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells from a first display dimension axis to a second display dimension axis to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display on rearrangement, said rearranging enabling rearrangement of display dimension axes and the associated dimension elements and display cells between three or more display dimension axes; establishing additional display cells with display data derived from other display cells; and reordering elements within a display dimension axis and the associated display cells to maintain the display cell and element association of the created data display.