Patents by Inventor Joshua Gunnar Twait

Joshua Gunnar Twait has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Computer display system for dynamically modifying stacked area line graphs to change the order or presence of a set of stacked areas in the graph respectively representative of the proportions contributed to a total by each of a set of time dependent variables
    Patent number: 7385605
    Abstract: Graphically displaying the proportion of a total value of a time dependent variable contributed by each of a set of elements. Applicable in a graph environment comprising the steps of displaying the proportion contributed by each element as an area within an ordered set of areas under a line representative of the total value of said time dependent variable. The user is enabled to interactively select one area in the set of areas and perform one of the following operations: hiding the selected area, displaying the selected area or reordering the position of the selected area within said ordered set responsive to said user selection. This implementation is effective in the manipulation of stacked area line graphs by visualizing how the various areas representative of the contributions of the individual elements to the whole time dependent variable affect and coact with the other variables in the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Joshua Gunnar Twait
  • Computer display system for dynamically modifying stacked area line graphs to change the order or presence of a set of stacked areas in the graph respectively representative of the proportions contributed to a total by each of a set of time dependent variables
    Publication number: 20050122325
    Abstract: Graphically displaying the proportion of a total value of a time dependent variable contributed by each of a set of elements. Applicable in a graph environment comprising the steps of displaying the proportion contributed by each element as an area within an ordered set of areas under a line representative of the total value of said time dependent variable. The user is enabled to interactively select one area in the set of areas and perform one of the following operations: hiding the selected area, displaying the selected area or reordering the position of the selected area within said ordered set responsive to said user selection. This implementation is effective in the manipulation of stacked area line graphs by visualizing how the various areas representative of the contributions of the individual elements to the whole time dependent variable affect and coact with the other variables in the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Joshua Gunnar Twait