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US 9,069,454 B2Granted
Multi-select tools
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsKedar Shiroor, Bernd Christian Scheirmann
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Abstract
Touch-sensitive features of devices may be used to demarcate a displayed area on the device to identify a set of data points contained in the demarcated area. After identifying the data points in the demarcated area, the user may be presented with an interface on the display listing different actions that may be performed on at least one of the identified data points. After the user selects the actions to be performed, the computing device may perform the selected actions on one or more of the identified data points in demarcated area.
Claims14
A method of using a touch-sensitive computing device to apply at least one statistical function on at least one data point in a chart comprising:
- demarcating an area of the chart on a display of the touch-sensitive device in proportion to a detected touch-initiated dragging by a user on a touch-sensitive surface of the touch-sensitive device, wherein the demarcated area is of a shape and size which is a function of the touch-initiated dragging by the user;
- changing the demarcated area according to a detected touch-initiated dragging of at least one drag point, wherein a border surrounding the demarcated area includes the at least one drag point;
- identifying a plurality of statistical functions associated with a plurality of data points included in the demarcated area;
- identifying an adjustable parameter for each statistical function based on the function and the data points included in the demarcated area;
- presenting the user with an interface on the display including a menu to select from the plurality of identified statistical functions and a submenu to select from identified adjustable parameters;
- performing a user selected parameter adjustment of the user selected statistical function on the data points included in the demarcated area of the chart, wherein the performing of the parameter adjustment acts on at least one of the plurality of data points;
- and
- displaying a result of the performing on the interface on the display, wherein the interface is distinct from the chart including the demarcated area.
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A computing device comprising:
- a touch-sensitive surface;
- a display;
- and a processing device;
- wherein the processing device:
- demarcates an area of a chart on the display in proportion to a detected touch-initiated dragging by a user on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the demarcated area is of a shape and size which is a function of the touch-initiated dragging by the user;
- changes the demarcated area according to a detected touch-initiated dragging of at least one drag point, wherein a border surrounding the demarcated area includes the at least one drag point;
- identifies a plurality of statistical functions associated with a plurality of data points included in the demarcated area;
- identifies an adjustable parameter for each statistical function based on the function and the data points included in the demarcated area;
- presents the user with an interface on the display including a menu to select from the plurality of identified statistical functions and a submenu to select from identified adjustable parameters;
- and
- performs a user selected parameter adjustment of the user selected statistical function on the data points included in the demarcated area of the chart, wherein the performing of the parameter adjustment acts on at least one of the plurality of data points;
- and
- displays a result of the performing on the interface on the display, wherein the interface is distinct from the chart including the demarcated area.
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A device comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause a touch-sensitive computing device to:
- demarcate an area of a chart on a display of the touch-sensitive device in proportion to a detected touch-initiated dragging by a user on a touch-sensitive surface of the touch-sensitive computing device, wherein the demarcated area is of a shape and size which is a function of the touch-initiated dragging by the user;
- change the demarcated area according to a detected touch-initiated dragging of at least one drag point, wherein a border surrounding the demarcated area includes the at least one drag point;
- identify a plurality of statistical functions associated with a plurality of data points included in the demarcated area;
- identify an adjustable parameter for each statistical function based on the function and the data points included in the demarcated area;
- present the user with an interface on the display including a menu to select from the plurality of identified statistical functions and a submenu to select from identified adjustable parameters;
- and
- perform a user selected parameter adjustment of the user selected statistical function on the data points included in the demarcated area of the chart, wherein the performing of the parameter adjustment acts on at least one of the plurality of data points;
- and
- display a result of the performing on the interface on the display, wherein the interface is distinct from the chart including the demarcated area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.