Method and Apparatus for Custom Display of 3-D Information in Reporting

A computer-based system for presenting a selected one of a plurality display screens comprising:

• means for accessing a plurality of information sources;
• means for generating a plurality of display screen templates, each display screen template including at least one control, each control having at least one function associated therewith;
• a display region for presenting selected information to a user upon activation of said control;
• and at least one status indicator;
• means for storing a plurality of display screen function databases, each display screen function database being associated with a respective one of said plurality of display screens, each display screen function database containing at least one record of a function associated with a control on said respective one of said plurality of display screens, each display screen function database containing at least one record of a status indicator threshold associated with a status indicator control on said respective one of said plurality of display screens;
• means for selecting one of said plurality of display screen templates for display;
• means for selectively activating a status indicator on said selected one of said plurality of display screen templates based on information located in at least one of said information sources and on at least one status indicator threshold;
• means responsive to a control on said selected one of said plurality of display screen templates, for invoking a function associated with said control upon activation of said control;
• and
• means, responsive to activation of said control, for generating a three-dimensional image based on data stored in at least one of said plurality of information sources and presenting said three-dimensional image in said display region.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• presenting an information display screen, the information display screen including a control and a first display function invoked upon user selection of the control;
• displaying a set of information upon user selection of the control and invocation of the display function, the information including a three-dimensional information, an indicator, and a second display function invoked upon user selection of the indicator;
• and
• displaying an additional, related set of information at a different level of detail upon user selection of the indicator and invocation of the second display function.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• presenting an information display screen, the information display screen including a control and a first display function invoked upon user selection of the control;
• displaying a set of information upon user selection of the control and invocation of the display function, the information including a three-dimensional information, an indicator, and a second display function invoked upon user selection of the indicator;
• and
• displaying an additional, related set of information at a different level of detail upon user selection of the indicator and invocation of the second display function.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• presenting an information display screen, the information display screen including a control and a first display function invoked upon user selection of the control;
• displaying a set of information upon user selection of the control and invocation of the display function, the information including a three-dimensional information, an indicator, and a second display function invoked upon user selection of the indicator;
• and
• displaying an additional, related set of information at a different level of detail upon user selection of the indicator and invocation of the second display function.