# US 2020/0401628 A1 · Radial map data visualization > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401628 A1 - Document ID: US20200401628A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/900,499 - Filed: 2020-06-12 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-22 - Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. - Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. - Inventors: Oriana Jeannette Love - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401628A1 ## CPC - G06F 16/9038: Presentation of query results - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 17/18: for evaluating statistical data {, e.g. average values, frequency distributions, probability functions, regression analysis (forecasting specially adapted for a specific administrative, business or logistic context G06Q10/04)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A visualization system generates for display one or more radial maps that represent data values for a plurality of parameters measured for groups of entities. Each group of rows of the radial map represents a group of entities for whom the parameters are measured and compared against a baseline or control group, while each column represents a measured parameter. If the visualization system determines that an entity has a data value for a measured parameter that deviates from the control group value by more than a threshold amount, the system visually distinguishes the outlier value from the other geometric shapes in the radial map. Additionally, two or more radial maps may be simultaneously displayed on a visual interface based on correlations between data points for groups of entities. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a request for a radial map for a plurality of entities, the plurality of entities organized into a plurality of entity groups; retrieving, from one or more databases, data values for a plurality of parameters associated with each of the plurality of entities; identifying an outlier value of the data values based on one or more criteria relative to other data values; generating the radial map based on the retrieved data values, the radial map comprising a plurality of geometric shapes corresponding to data values arranged in a plurality of radial columns thus defining a plurality of radial rows, each radial column corresponding to a parameter of the plurality of parameters and each radial row corresponding to an entity of the plurality of entities, wherein each entity group is visually distinguished from one or more adjacent entity groups in the radial map and a geometric shape corresponding to the outlier value is visually distinguished from other ones of the geometric shapes; and providing the radial map for display on a visual interface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a first indication of a first user interaction with a portion of the radial map; responsive to receiving the first indication, adjusting the radial map to highlight the portion of the radial map; and providing the adjusted radial map for display on the visual interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: receiving a second indication of a second user interaction with the highlighted portion of the adjusted radial map; and responsive to receiving the second indication, adjusting the visual interface to display additional data associated with the highlighted portion of the adjusted radial map. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: responsive to receiving the first indication, generating one or more additional geometric shapes representing parameter measures associated with the highlighted portion of the radial map; adjusting the radial map by replacing a first geometric shape in the highlighted portion of the radial map with the one or more additional geometric shapes; and providing the adjusted radial map for display on the visual interface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein each of the one or more additional geometric shapes represents a parameter measure taken upon occurrence of a specified event or at a specified time. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein visual characteristics of the first geometric shape are based on an average outlier value for the parameter over one or more measured intervals. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that a correlation exists between data values associated with two or more parameters measured for the plurality of entities; generating an additional radial map comprising a radial column corresponding to a parameter of the two or more correlated parameters; and visually distinguishing a geometric shape corresponding to a value arranged in the radial column from other geometric shapes of the additional radial map. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: receiving an indication of a user interaction with a portion of the radial map; responsive to receiving the indication: adjusting the radial map to highlight the portion of the radial map; determining a portion of the additional radial map correlated with the portion of the radial map; adjusting the additional radial map to highlight the correlated portion of the additional radial map; and providing the adjusted radial maps for display on the visual interface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the outlier value of the data values based on the one or more criteria relative to other data values comprises: comparing, based on a criterion of a threshold deviation, the outlier value for a parameter and a value of the parameter derived from a control group; and determining that the outlier value for the parameter deviates by more than the threshold deviation from the value of the parameter derived from the control group. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each entity group is visually distinguishable from the one or more adjacent entity groups in the radial map based on a respective color, pattern, or line bordering between adjacent entity groups. ### Claim 11 A user interface, comprising: a radial map including a plurality of geometric shapes arranged in a plurality of radial columns and a plurality of radial rows, wherein: each radial column represents a parameter of a plurality of parameters measured for each of a plurality of entities; each radial row represents an entity of the plurality of entities, wherein the entities are organized into a plurality of entity groups and wherein each entity group is visually distinguished from one or more adjacent entity groups; the plurality of geometric shapes correspond to retrieved data values for each of the plurality of parameters for each of the plurality of entities, the geometric shapes formed by intersections of the plurality of radial columns with the plurality of radial rows; and a geometric shape corresponds to an outlier value identified based on one or more criteria relative to other data values and the geometric shape is visually distinguished from other ones of the geometric shapes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The user interface of claim 11, wherein, responsive to receiving a first indication of a first user interaction with a portion of the radial map, the radial map is adjusted to highlight the portion of the radial map. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The user interface of claim 12, wherein, responsive to receiving a second indication of a second user interaction with the highlighted portion of the radial map, the user interface is adjusted to include additional data associated with the highlighted portion of the adjusted radial map. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The user interface of claim 12, wherein, responsive to receiving the first indication, the radial map is adjusted to include one or more additional geometric shapes representing one or more parameter measures associated with the highlighted portion of the radial map and wherein a first geometric shape in the highlighted portion of the radial map is replaced with the one or more additional geometric shapes. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The user interface of claim 14, wherein each of the one or more additional geometric shapes represents a parameter measure taken upon occurrence of a specified event or at a specified time. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The user interface of claim 15, wherein visual characteristics of the first geometric shape are based on an average outlier value for the parameter over one or more measured intervals. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The user interface of claim 11, further comprising an additional radial map generated based on a determination of a correlation between data values associated with two or more parameters measured for the plurality of entities, wherein the additional radial map comprises a radial column corresponding to a parameter of the two or more correlated parameters, and wherein a geometric shape corresponding to a value arranged in the radial column is visually distinguished from other geometric shapes of the additional radial map. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The user interface of claim 17, wherein, responsive to receiving an indication of a user interaction with a portion of the radial map, the user interface is adjusted to highlight the portion of the radial map and a portion of the additional radial map correlated with the portion of the radial map. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The user interface of claim 11, wherein the outlier value is for a parameter and deviates by more than a threshold deviation from a value of the parameter derived from a control group. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to executing, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a request for a radial map for a plurality of entities, the plurality of entities organized into a plurality of entity groups; retrieving, from one or more databases, data values for a plurality of parameters associated with each of the plurality of entities; generating the radial map based on the retrieved data values, the radial map comprising a plurality of geometric shapes corresponding to data values arranged in a plurality of radial columns thus defining a plurality of radial rows, each radial column corresponding to a parameter of the plurality of parameters and each radial row corresponding to an entity of the plurality of entities, wherein each entity group is visually distinguished from one or more adjacent entity groups in the radial map and at least one of the geometric shapes corresponding to an outlier value is visually distinguished from other ones of the geometric shapes; and providing the radial map for display on a visual interface.