Organizer for data that is subject to multiple criteria

• US 10,019,144 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2014
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quick Eye Technologies Incorporated (Peak Positioning Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Quick Eye Technologies Incorporated (Peak Positioning Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Paraschivescu, Andrei
• Primary Examiner(s): Titcomb, William
• Application Number:
  US14/768,149
• Publication Number:
  US 20150378582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 715771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials

Abstract

A user interface includes a first display area which includes a first control widget representative of a first attribute group and a second control widget representative of the second attribute group, and a second display area in which a first measure of a first portion of a plurality of data items can be displayed in response to a user activating the first control widget. A first classification attribute from a first attribute group and a second classification attribute from a second attribute group are associated with each data item of the plurality of data items. A multi-description is generated for each data item, the multi-description including a list of pairs of the first classification attribute and the second classification attribute.

Claims

1. A method of displaying to a user, hierarchical data having a plurality of data items, the method comprising:

associating a first classification attribute from a first attribute group and a second classification attribute from a second attribute group with each data item of a plurality of data items, wherein the second attribute group is arranged as a directed graph;

providing a user interface to include a display area which includes a first control widget representative of the first attribute group and a second control widget representative of the second attribute group;

displaying, within the display area and in a first dimension, a measure based on a first portion of the plurality of data items in response to the user activating the first control widget, wherein the measure is based on classification attributes of the first portion of the plurality of data items; and

displaying, within the display area and in a second dimension, the measure based on a second portion of the plurality of data items in response to the user activating the second control widget,

wherein the user activating the second control widget in a first direction of the first and second dimensions displays the measure based on a breakdown of the second attribute group, wherein the breakdown is based on one or more child vertices of the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving user activations in the display area, the user activations indicating which of the plurality of data items to hide from view; and

hiding the selected plurality of data items from the display area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the measure comprises a number of data items in the first portion of the plurality of data items.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user activating the first control widget comprises the user dragging and dropping the first control widget on the display area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user activating the first control widget comprises the user finger swiping the first control widget on the display area.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

consecutively displaying, a number of times and within the display area, the measure based on repeated breakdowns of the second attribute group,

wherein the consecutively displaying is in response to receiving one or more additional user activations of the second control widget in the first direction,

wherein the number of times is based on a minimum of (a) a number of the one or more additional user activations, and (b) a number of breakdowns that can be performed, based on a current display of the measure, on the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group until at least one child vertex that is a leaf is reached.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user activating the second control widget in a second direction of the first and second dimensions displays the measure based on an aggregation of the second attribute group, and wherein the aggregation is based on one or more parent vertices of the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first direction of the first and second dimensions is down and right, respectively, and wherein the second direction of the first and second dimensions is up and left, respectively.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

consecutively displaying, a number of times and within the display area, the measure based on repeated aggregations of the second attribute group,

wherein the consecutively displaying is in response to receiving one or more additional user activations of the second control widget in the second direction,

wherein the number of times is based on a minimum of (a) a number of the one or more additional user activations, and (b) a number of aggregations that can be performed, based on a current display of the measure, on the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group until a root vertex is reached.

10. An apparatus, comprising a processor, for displaying hierarchical data to a user, the hierarchical data comprising a plurality of data items, the processor configured to implement a method, the method comprising:

associating a first classification attribute from a first attribute group and a second classification attribute from a second attribute group with each data item, wherein the second attribute group is arranged as a directed graph;

providing a user interface comprising;

a display area including a first control widget representative of the first attribute group and a second control widget representative of the second attribute group,

wherein a measure based on a first portion of the plurality of data items can be displayed within the display area and in a first dimension, and in response to the user activating the first control widget, wherein the measure is based on the classification attributes of the first portion of the plurality of data items,

wherein the measure based on a second portion of the plurality of data items can be displayed within the display area and in a second dimension, and in response to the user activating the second control widget,

wherein the user activating the second control widget in a first direction of the first and second dimensions displays the measure based on a breakdown of the second attribute group, wherein the breakdown is based on one or more child vertices of the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, the method further comprising:

receiving user activations in the display area, the user activations indicating which of the plurality of data items to hide from view; and

hiding the selected plurality of data items from the display area.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the measure comprises a number of data items in the first portion of the plurality of data items.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the user activating the first control widget comprises the user dragging and dropping the first control widget on the display area.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the user activating the first control widget comprises the user finger swiping the first control widget on the display area.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

consecutively displaying, a number of times and within the display area, the measure based on repeated breakdowns of the second attribute group,

wherein the consecutively displaying is in response to receiving one or more additional user activations of the second control widget in the first direction,

wherein the number of times is based on a minimum of (a) a number of the one or more additional user activations, and (b) a number of breakdowns that can be performed, based on a current display of the measure, on the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group until at least one child vertex that is a leaf is reached.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the user activating the second control widget in a second direction of the first and second dimensions displays the measure based on an aggregation of the second attribute group, and wherein the aggregation is based on one or more parent vertices of the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first direction of the first and second dimensions is down and right, respectively, and wherein the second direction of the first and second dimensions is up and left, respectively.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

consecutively displaying, a number of times and within the display area, the measure based on repeated aggregations of the second attribute group,

wherein the consecutively displaying is in response to receiving one or more additional user activations of the second control widget in the second direction,

wherein the number of times is based on a minimum of (a) a number of the one or more additional user activations, and (b) a number of aggregations that can be performed, based on a current display of the measure, on the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group until a root vertex is reached.

19. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method of displaying hierarchical data to a user, the hierarchical data comprising a plurality of data items, the method comprising:

associating a first classification attribute from a first attribute group and a second classification attribute from a second attribute group with each data item, wherein the second attribute group is arranged as a directed graph;

providing a user interface comprising;

a display area including a first control widget representative of the first attribute group and a second control widget representative of the second attribute group,

wherein a measure based on a first portion of the plurality of data items can be displayed within the display area and in a first dimension, and in response to the user activating the first control widget, wherein the measure is based on the classification attributes of the first portion of the plurality of data items,

wherein the measure based on a second portion of the plurality of data items can be displayed within the display area and in a second dimension, and in response to the user activating the second control widget,

wherein the user activating the second control widget in a first direction of the first and second dimensions displays the measure based on a breakdown of the second attribute group, wherein the breakdown is based on one or more child vertices of the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving user activations in the display area, the user activations indicating which of the plurality of data items to hide from view; and

hiding the selected plurality of data items from the display area.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the measure comprises a number of data items in the first portion of the plurality of data items.

22. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the user activating the first control widget comprises the user dragging and dropping the first control widget on the display area.

23. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the user activating the first control widget comprises the user finger swiping the first control widget on the display area.

24. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

consecutively displaying, a number of times and within the display area, the measure based on repeated breakdowns of the second attribute group,

wherein the consecutively displaying is in response to receiving one or more additional user activations of the second control widget in the first direction,

wherein the number of times is based on a minimum of (a) a number of the one or more additional user activations, and (b) a number of breakdowns that can be performed, based on a current display of the measure, on the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group until at least one child vertex that is a leaf is reached.

25. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the user activating the second control widget in a second direction of the first and second dimensions displays the measure based on an aggregation of the second attribute group, and wherein the aggregation is based on one or more parent vertices of the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the first direction of the first and second dimensions is down and right, respectively, and wherein the second direction of the first and second dimensions is up and left, respectively.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

consecutively displaying, a number of times and within the display area, the measure based on repeated aggregations of the second attribute group,

wherein the consecutively displaying is in response to receiving one or more additional user activations of the second control widget in the second direction,

wherein the number of times is based on a minimum of (a) a number of the one or more additional user activations, and (b) a number of aggregations that can be performed, based on a current display of the measure, on the directed graph arrangement of the second attribute group until a root vertex is reached.