Patent 7606835 was granted and assigned to Oracle on October, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A solution is provided that automatically decides what visualization is best suited to present specified data. This is accomplished using a rules-based system that determines the type and properties of a visualization based on data and its corresponding metadata. The data and metadata may be checked against one or more rules, and depending upon which rule or rules match, a corresponding visualization and option combination may be utilized.