Systems and methods of dynamically rendering a set of diagram views based on a diagram model stored in memory

• US 10,042,528 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2015
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GOTO Group Incorporated (LogMeIn, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GetGo, Inc. (LogMeIn, Inc.)
• Inventors: Thapliyal, Ashish V., Avrionov, Nikolay
• Primary Examiner(s): Molina, Hugo
• Application Number:
  US14/840,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20170060389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A technique provides, to a user, a set of diagram views of a diagram model stored in memory. The technique involves obtaining, by processing circuitry, electronic access to the diagram model stored in the memory. The diagram model includes a group of objects. Each object has a defined object size. The technique further involves, after obtaining electronic access to the diagram model stored in the memory, performing, by the processing circuitry, an object selection operation that selects an initial set of objects from the group of objects based on the defined object size of each object of the group of objects. The technique further involves, after performing the object selection operation, rendering, by the processing circuitry, an initial diagram view of the diagram model on an electronic display to the user, the initial diagram view including the initial set of objects.

Claims

1. A method of dynamically rendering, on an electronic display for viewing by a user, a set of diagram model views of content of a file, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a processing circuitry, data from the content of the file;

processing, by the processing circuitry, the data to generate a diagram model of the content of the file, the diagram model having at least a first level and a second level of an object hierarchy, each of the first level and the second level including one or more objects, each object of each of the first level and the second level having a plurality of object parameters including at least an object size parameter that defines a size of the object relative to the electronic display;

storing, by the processing circuitry, the generated diagram model in a memory, wherein the diagram model includes a group of objects included in one or more of the first level and the second level of the object hierarchy and a group of relationships, each relationship of the group of relationships connecting to at least two objects of the group of objects;

performing, by the processing circuitry, a first object selection operation on the diagram model that selects an initial set of objects from among the group of objects included in the one or more of the first level and the second level of the object hierarchy based on at least the defined size of each object of the initial set of objects, the performed first object selection operation resulting in the selected initial set of objects and a second set of objects that is initially unselected from among the group of objects;

performing, by the processing circuitry, a relationship selection operation that selects an initial set of relationships from the group of relationships based on the at least two objects that each relationship of the group of relationships connects to;

automatically rendering, by the processing circuitry, an initial diagram model view of the content of the file on the electronic display for viewing by the user, the rendering of the initial diagram model view displaying the initial set of objects and an initial set of connecting lines among the initial set of objects based on the initial set of relationships and hiding the second set of objects from being displayed on the initial diagram model view, the second set of objects being not visible by the user on the electronic display based on the defined size of each object in the second set of objects relative to the electronic display;

detecting, by the processing circuitry, a receipt of a user command for performing a second object selection operation on the diagram model that selects the second set of objects from among the group of objects;

responsive to the detecting of the receipt of the user command comprising of a zoom-out command from the user, comparing, by the processing circuitry, the defined size of each object of the group of objects to a zoom-out object size threshold that is larger than an initial object size threshold;

in response to the comparing of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-out object size threshold, adding, by the processing circuitry, each object to the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is greater than the zoom-out object size threshold;

in response to the comparing of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-out object size threshold, omitting, by the processing circuitry, each object from the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is less than the zoom-out object size threshold;

responsive to the detecting of the receipt of the user command comprising of a zoom-in command from the user, comparing, by the processing circuitry, the defined size of each object of the group of objects to a zoom-in object size threshold that is smaller than an initial object size threshold;

in response to the comparing of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-in object size threshold, adding, by the processing circuitry, each object to the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is greater than the zoom-in object size threshold;

in response to the comparing of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-in object size threshold, omitting, by the processing circuitry, each object from the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is less than the zoom-in object size threshold; and

responsive to the performing of the second object selection operation based on the comparison of the defined size for each object of the group of objects, automatically rendering, by the processing circuitry, a second diagram model view of the content of the file on the electronic display for viewing by the user, the rendering of the second diagram model view displaying the selected second set of objects and a second set of connecting lines among the selected second set of objects and hiding the rendered initial set of objects and the initial set of connecting lines among the initial set of objects from being displayed on the second diagram model view, the second set of connecting lines being different from the initial set of connecting lines.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein performing the first object selection operation includes:

for each object of the group of objects, comparing the defined size of that object to the initial object size threshold, adding that object to the initial set of objects when the defined size of that object is greater than the initial object size threshold, and omitting that object from the initial set of objects when the defined size of that object is less than the initial object size threshold.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein performing the relationship selection operation includes:

for each relationship of the group of relationships, identifying whether that relationship connects to at least two objects or child objects of the initial diagram view and (i) if so, adding that relationship to the set of relationships and (ii) if not, omitting that relationship from the initial set of relationships.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein each relationship has a relationship name;

and

wherein displaying the initial set of connecting lines includes;

forming a single connecting line based on multiple relationships of the initial set of relationships,

forming a composite connecting line name from relationship names of the multiple relationships, and

outputting, in the initial diagram view, the single connecting line and the composite connecting line name to represent the multiple relationships of the initial set of relationships.

5. A method as in claim 4, wherein each relationship name of the multiple relationships has a first text size;

and

wherein outputting the single connecting line and the composite connecting line name includes;

presenting the composite connecting line name at a second text size that is greater than the first text size to scale up the composite connecting line name for easy viewing by the user.

6. A method as in claim 1, wherein each object has an object name;

and

wherein the method further comprises;

receiving, from the user, the user command, the user command being a search command having a keyword; and

in response to the search command and for each object of the initial set of objects, identifying whether the object name of that object includes the keyword, adding that object to the second set of objects when the object name of that object includes the keyword, and omitting that object from the second set of objects when the object name of that object does not include the keyword.

7. A method as in claim 6, wherein each relationship has a relationship name;

and

wherein the method further comprises;

in response to the search command and for each relationship of the initial set of relationships, identifying whether the relationship name of that relationship includes the keyword, adding that relationship to a second set of relationships when the relationship name of that relationship includes the keyword, and omitting that relationship from the second set of relationships when the relationship name of that relationship does not include the keyword, and

based on the second set of relationships, displaying a second set of connecting lines among the second set of objects of the second diagram view.

8. A method as in claim 1, further comprising:

storing, in the memory, current metadata that includes the initial set of objects and the initial set of relationships to enable the user to redisplay the initial set of connecting lines among the initial set of objects after a period of no electronic access to the diagram model stored in the memory.

9. A method as in claim 1, further comprising

wherein automatically rendering the second diagram view includes:

automatically rendering the second diagram view of the content of the file on the electronic display for viewing by the user in response to a zoom command, the second diagram view omitting at least some connecting lines of the initial set of connecting lines which was displayed when rendering the initial diagram view.

10. A method as in claim 1, wherein the one or more objects of the first level are parent objects of the one or more objects of the second level, wherein the one or more objects of the second level are child objects of the parent objects of the first level, and wherein performing the first object selection operation on the diagram model includes selecting the initial set of objects from among the parent objects included in the first level based on at least the defined size of each parent object.

11. A method as in claim 10, wherein performing the second object selection operation on the diagram model includes selecting the second set of objects from among the child objects included in the second level based on at least the defined size of each child object.

12. A method as in claim 1, wherein the one or more objects of the first level are parent objects of the one or more objects of the second level, wherein the one or more objects of the second level are child objects of the parent objects of the second level, and wherein performing the first object selection operation on the diagram model includes selecting the initial set of objects from among the child objects included in the second level based on at least the defined size of each child object.

13. A method as in claim 12, wherein performing the second object selection operation on the diagram model includes selecting the second set of objects from among the parent objects included in the first level based on at least the defined size of each parent object.

14. A method as in claim 1, wherein the one or more objects of the first level are parent objects of the one or more objects of the second level, wherein the one or more objects of the second level are child objects of the parent objects of the first level, wherein the initial set of objects includes at least some of the parent objects of the first level and at least some of the child objects of the second level, and wherein automatically rendering the initial diagram view includes automatically rendering a domain-specific view of the diagram model that includes the parent objects and the child objects included in the initial set of objects.

15. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a set of instructions to dynamically render, on an electronic display for viewing by a user, a set of diagram model views of content of a file, the set of instructions, when carried out by a computerized circuitry, causing the computerized circuitry to perform a method of:

obtaining, by a processing circuitry, data from the content of the file;

processing, by the processing circuitry, the data to generate a diagram model of the content of the file, the diagram model having at least a first level and a second level of an object hierarchy, each of the first level and the second level including one or more objects, each object of each of the first level and the second level having a plurality of object parameters including at least an object size parameter that defines a size of the object relative to the electronic display;

storing, by the processing circuitry, the generated diagram model in a memory, wherein the diagram model includes a group of objects included in one or more of the first level and the second level of the object hierarchy and a group of relationships, each relationship of the group of relationships connecting to at least two objects of the group of objects;

performing, by the processing circuitry, a first object selection operation on the diagram model that selects an initial set of objects from among the group of objects included in the one or more of the first level and the second level of the object hierarchy based on at least the defined size of each object of the initial set of objects, the performed first object selection operation resulting in the selected initial set of objects and a second set of objects that is initially unselected from among the group of objects;

performing, by the processing circuitry, a relationship selection operation that selects an initial set of relationships from the group of relationships based on the at least two objects that each relationship of the group of relationships connects to;

automatically rendering, by the processing circuitry, an initial diagram model view of the content of the file on the electronic display for viewing by the user, the rendering of the initial diagram model view displaying the initial set of objects and an initial set of connecting lines among the initial set of objects based on the initial set of relationships and hiding the second set of objects from being displayed on the initial diagram model view, the second set of objects being not visible by the user on the electronic display based on the defined size of each object in the second set of objects relative to the electronic display;

detecting, by the processing circuitry, a receipt of a user command for performing a second object selection operation on the diagram model that selects the second set of objects from among the group of objects;

responsive to the detecting of the receipt of the user command comprising of a zoom-out command from the user, comparing, by the processing circuitry, the defined size of each object of the group of objects to a zoom-out object size threshold that is larger than an initial object size threshold;

in response to the comparing of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-out object size threshold, adding, by the processing circuitry, each object to the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is greater than the zoom-out object size threshold;

in response to the comparing of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-out object size threshold, omitting, by the processing circuitry, each object from the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is less than the zoom-out object size threshold;

responsive to the detecting of the receipt of the user command comprising of a zoom-in command from the user, comparing, by the processing circuitry, the defined size of each object of the group of objects to a zoom-in object size threshold that is smaller than an initial object size threshold;

in response to the comparing of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-in object size threshold, adding, by the processing circuitry, each object to the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is greater than the zoom-in object size threshold;

in response to the comparing of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-in object size threshold, omitting, by the processing circuitry, each object from the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is less than the zoom-in object size threshold; and

responsive to the performing of the second object selection operation based on the comparing of the defined size for each object of the group of objects, automatically rendering, by the processing circuitry, a second diagram model view of the content of the file on the electronic display for viewing by the user, the rendering of the second diagram model view displaying the selected second set of objects and a second set of connecting lines among the selected second set of objects and hiding the rendered initial set of objects and the initial set of connecting lines among the initial set of objects from being displayed on the second diagram model view, the second set of connecting lines being different from the initial set of connecting lines.

16. A computer program product as in claim 15, wherein each relationship has a relationship name;

wherein each relationship name has a first text size; and

wherein displaying the initial set of connecting lines includes;

forming a single connecting line based on multiple relationships of the initial set of relationships,

forming a composite connecting line name from the relationship names of the multiple relationships, and

presenting, in the initial diagram view, the composite connecting line name at a second text size that is greater than the first text size to scale up the composite connecting line name for easy viewing by the user.

17. A computer program product as in claim 16, further comprising:

storing, in the memory, current metadata that includes the initial set of objects and the initial set of relationships to enable the user to redisplay the initial set of connecting lines among the initial set of objects following a period of no electronic access to the diagram model stored in the memory.

18. An electronic apparatus for dynamically rendering, on an electronic display for viewing by a user, a set of diagram model views of content of a file, comprising:

an electronic display;

a memory; and

a control circuitry coupled to the electronic display and the memory, the memory storing instructions that, when carried out by the control circuitry, cause the control circuitry to;

obtain data from the content of the file;

process the obtained data to generate a diagram model of the content of the file, the diagram model having at least a first level and a second level of an object hierarchy, each of the first level and the second level including one or more objects, each object of each of the first level and the second level having a plurality of object parameters including at least an object size parameter that defines a size of the object relative to the electronic display;

store the generated diagram model in the memory, wherein the diagram model includes a group of objects included in one or more of the first level and the second level of the object hierarchy and a group of relationships, each relationship of the group of relationships connecting to at least two objects of the group of objects;

perform a first object selection operation on the diagram model that selects an initial set of objects from among the group of objects included in the one or more of the first level and the second level of the object hierarchy based on at least the defined size of each object of the initial set of objects, the performed first object selection operation resulting in the selected initial set of objects and a second set of objects that is initially unselected from among the group of objects;

perform a relationship selection operation that selects an initial set of relationships from the group of relationships based on the at least two objects that each relationship of the group of relationships connects to;

automatically render an initial diagram model view of the content of the file on the electronic display for viewing by the user, the render of the initial diagram model view displaying the initial set of objects and an initial set of connecting lines among the initial set of objects based on the initial set of relationships and hiding the second set of objects from being displayed on the initial diagram model view, the second set of objects being not visible by the user on the electronic display based on the defined size of each object in the second set of objects relative to the electronic display;

detect a receipt of a user command for performing a second object selection operation on the diagram model that selects the second set of objects from among the group of objects;

responsive to the detection of the receipt of the user command comprising of a zoom-out command from the user, compare the defined size of each object of the group of objects to a zoom-out object size threshold that is larger than an initial object size threshold;

in response to the comparison of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-out object size threshold, add each object to the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is greater than the zoom-out object size threshold;

in response to the comparison of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-out object size threshold, omit each object from the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is less than the zoom-out object size threshold;

responsive to the detection of the receipt of the user command comprising of a zoom-in command from the user, compare the defined size of each object of the group of objects to a zoom-in object size threshold that is smaller than an initial object size threshold;

in response to the comparison of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-in object size threshold, add each object to the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is greater than the zoom-in object size threshold;

in response to the comparison of the defined size for each object of the group of objects to the zoom-in object size threshold, omit each object from the second set of objects when the defined size of the each object of the group of objects is less than the zoom-in object size threshold; and

responsive of the performance of having performed the second object selection operation based on the comparison of the defined size for each object of the group of objects, automatically render a second diagram model view of the content of the file on the electronic display for viewing by the user, the render of the second diagram model view displaying the selected second set of objects and a second set of connecting lines among the selected second set of objects and hiding the rendered initial set of objects and the initial set of connecting lines among the initial set of objects from being displayed on the second diagram model view, the second set of connecting lines being different from the initial set of connecting lines.