Method and apparatus for automatically generating charts
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsRamakrishna Aggala, Udaya Bhaskar Natha, Bala Surya Siva Sri Gaddamanugu, Charles C. Giddens, Jacquenetta M. Mason, Harold Jeffrey Stewart
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for automatically generating charts, preferably in Microsoft® Excel format, for the users to be able to better analyze the network data. All the functions needed to generate are performed at the network server without installing any additional components on user's server, thereby independent of any third party software. Furthermore, minimal user input is required using any kind of application without modifications.
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A method of automatically generating charts, comprising:
- receiving search criteria from users via a server wherein said search criteria is received at a network server;
- recognizing an application used on the server;
- retrieving data from data sources based on the search criteria received and the application, wherein said data includes various formats;
- formatting the data into different arrays;
- generating at least one or more charts from the different arrays wherein said one or more charts are generated by a geolink chart component developed on the network server;
- presenting the at least one chart to the user, wherein the chart is generated and presented without installing any additional component on the server.
A system for automatically generating charts, comprising:
- a network server for receiving a search criteria from users via a server and recognizing an
- at least one source linked to the network server, wherein said network server retrieves data from said at least one data source based on the search criteria received and the application and formats the data into different arrays;
- a geolink chart component linked to the network server for generating at least one or more charts from the different arrays and forwarding the charts to the network server to be presented to the user via said server without installing any additional component on the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.