Display and method of providing a visual display of multiple time series data

A visual display including:

• a unitized scale
• at least first and second display elements representing dynamic data series,
• the display elements including an elongate bar for indicating the range of the data series relative to the unitized scale, a first marker for indicating the initial value of the series in a defined period, and a second marker for indicating the instantaneous value of the data series,
• the display elements being disposed sequentially relative the unitized scale,
• a first linking element fixedly disposed between the first marker of the first display element and a point on the second display element corresponding to the same instant in time,
• a second linking element dynamically disposed between the second markers of the display elements, and at the end of the defined period of at least one of the display elements the second linking element being fixedly disposed between the points on said display elements corresponding to said end of the defined period.

A display for indicating the inter-dependence of a plurality of time series each varying in different defined sessions, the display including:

• a plurality of composite geometric objects representative of one of the time series, the objects positioned sequentially in order of the time of their first value against an axis representative of a percentage deviation from a predetermined reference value,
• each geometric object including an elongate bar whose first and second ends represent the highest and lowest values of the time series during the defined session, a first marker protruding from the bar whose position represents the first value of the time series in the defined session, and a second marker on the bar whose position represents the last value of the time series in the defined session.
• a first line drawn between two adjacent geometric objects, the first line connecting the first marker of the second obj ect with a point on the first object corresponding to its time series value at the same instant in time as the first marker of the second object,
• a second line drawn between the two adjacent geometric objects, the second line connecting a point on the first object corresponding to the last value in the defined session of its time series with a point on the second object corresponding with its time series value at the same instant in time as the last value in the first object time series,
• a pre-selected color applied to the quadrilateral formed by the bars of the two adjacent objects and the first and second lines.

A method of indicating the inter-dependence of a plurality of dynamic data series including, on a computer, displaying:

• a unitized scale
• at least first and second display elements representing dynamic data series,
• the display elements including an elongate bar for indicating the range of the data series relative to the unitized scale, a first marker for indicating the initial value of the series in a defined period, and a second marker for indicating the instantaneous value of the data series,
• the display elements being disposed sequentially relative the unitized scale,
• a first linking element fixedly disposed between the first marker of the first display element and a point on the second display element corresponding to the same instant in time,
• a second linking element dynamically disposed between the second markers of the display elements, and at the end of the defined period of at least one of the display elements the second linking element being fixedly disposed between the points on said display elements corresponding to said end of the defined period, and
• updating said display in substantially real time.