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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Alan E. Turner, Herndon, VA (US);
Lucille T. Nowell, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention includes displaying a first object and a second object with a computer system. The first object represents data corresponding to a first combination of a number of variables and a second object represents data corresponding to a second combination of the variables. The first object is moved in a first pattern and the second object is moved in a second pattern during this display with the computer system. These patterns include a common characteristic to represent one of the variables common to the first and second combinations and a varying characteristic indicative of variation of the one of the variables.