Time relevance-based visualization of data

A method for displaying time-series data comprising:

• obtaining time-series data comprising a plurality of data points;
• dividing, by a computer, the data into N data subsets, wherein N is at least 2;
• displaying, in a display space on a display device, the N data subsets in N corresponding partitions;
• wherein:
• the data subset in a first of the partitions is displayed at a first resolution in a first grid of cells;
• and
• the data subset in a second of the partitions is displayed at a second, different resolution in a second grid of cells,
• wherein the second resolution being different from the first resolution causes the cells in the first grid to have different sizes than the cells in the second grid,
• receiving additional data points;
• and
• automatically decreasing the first and second resolutions in response to receiving the additional data points such that the cells of the first grid are reduced in size, and the cells of the second grid are reduced in size, wherein automatically decreasing the first and second resolutions allows for the additional data points and the data points of the time-series data to be displayed in the display space without increasing a size of the display space.

A non-transitory computer-usable medium embodying computer program code for commanding a computer to create a time-series data display by performing the steps of:

• obtaining a time-series data set comprising a plurality of data points;
• dividing the data set into N data subsets based on time currentness of the data, wherein N is at least 2;
• simultaneously displaying the N data subsets in a display space, wherein a first data subset is displayed at a first resolution and a second data subset is displayed at a second, different resolution,
• wherein displaying the N data subsets comprises displaying the first data subset in a first grid of cells at the first resolution, and displaying the second data subset in a second grid of cells at the second resolution, wherein the cells in the first and second grids represent corresponding data points of the data set, and wherein sizes of the cells are determined by corresponding ones of the first and second resolutions;
• receive additional data points;
• and
• automatically decrease the first and second resolutions in response to receiving the additional data points such that the cells of the first grid are reduced in size, and the cells of the second grid are reduced in size, wherein automatically decreasing the first and second resolutions allows for the additional data points and the data points of the data set to be displayed in the display space without increasing a size of the display space.