Content visualization

• US 10,042,540 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2015
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Rose, R. Kevin, Migurski, Michal Jan, Allen, Shawn Paul, Rodenbeck, Eric W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Theriault, Steven B
• Application Number:
  US14/868,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20160018958A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71

Abstract

Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting via a first interface served from a first preference system computer a first content item submitted by a user of the preference system;

receiving via the first interface preference events of a first type initiated by multiple viewers of the first content item;

for each preference event of the first type received via the first interface, identifying at the first preference system computer a portion of the first interface activated by the corresponding viewer; and

presenting via a second interface served from a second preference system computer the first content item and a tree-structured representation of the multiple viewers, wherein the tree-structured representation includes;

a root representation of the user; and

connected to the root representation, one or more first representations of corresponding viewers, among the multiple viewers, that initiated the preference event of the first type while viewing the first content item in a portion of the first interface associated with the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tree-structured representation further includes:

connected to a first representation corresponding to a first viewer, one or more second representations of corresponding viewers, among the multiple viewers, that initiated the preference event of the first type while viewing the first content item in a portion of the first interface associated with the first viewer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the tree-structured representation omits:

viewers that initiated preference events, regarding the first content item, of types other than the first type; and

viewers that initiated no preference events regarding the first content item.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the multiple viewers viewed the first content item in one of:

a portion of the first interface associated with the user; and

a portion of the first interface associated with another of the multiple viewers.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first interface, as presented to a given viewer, includes:

one or more content items for which at least one friend of the given viewer initiated a preference event; and

profiles of friends of the given viewer.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a new preference event of the first type regarding the first content item, from an additional viewer; and

updating the tree-structured representation to include a representation of the additional viewer.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said updating comprises:

in the tree-structured representation, connecting the representation of the additional viewer to a representation of one of the multiple viewers.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the additional viewer initiated the new preference event while viewing the first content item in a portion of the first interface associated with the one viewer.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to;

present via a first interface a first content item submitted by a user of a preference system;

receive via the first interface preference events of a first type initiated by multiple viewers of the first content item;

for each preference event of the first type received via the first interface, identify a portion of the first interface activated by the corresponding viewer; and

present via a second interface the first content item and a tree-structured representation of the multiple viewers, wherein the tree-structured representation includes;

a root representation of the user; and

connected to the root representation, one or more first representations of corresponding viewers, among the multiple viewers, that initiated the preference event of the first type while viewing the first content item in a portion of the first interface associated with the user.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the tree-structured representation omits:

viewers that initiated preference events, regarding the first content item, of types other than the first type; and

viewers that initiated no preference events regarding the first content item.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein each of the multiple viewers viewed the first content item in one of:

a portion of the first interface associated with the user; and

a portion of the first interface associated with another of the multiple viewers.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first interface, as presented to a given viewer, includes:

one or more content items for which at least one friend of the given viewer initiated a preference event; and

profiles of friends of the given viewer.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, the memory further storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive a new preference event of the first type regarding the first content item, from an additional viewer; and

update the tree-structured representation to include a representation of the additional viewer connected to a representation of one of the multiple viewers;

wherein the additional viewer initiated the new preference event while viewing the first content item in a portion of the first interface associated with the one viewer.

14. A preference system, comprising:

a first interface module comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to present via a first interface a first content item submitted by a user of a preference system;

a preference event module comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to;

receive, via the first interface, preference events of a first type initiated by multiple viewers of the first content item; and

for each preference event of the first type received via the first interface, identify a portion of the first interface activated by the corresponding viewer; and

a second interface module comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to present via a second interface the first content item and a tree-structured representation of the multiple viewers, wherein the tree-structured representation includes;

a root representation of the user; and

connected to the root representation, one or more first representations of corresponding viewers, among the multiple viewers, that initiated the preference event of the first type while viewing the first content item in a portion of the first interface associated with the user.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the tree-structured representation omits:

viewers that initiated preference events, regarding the first content item, of types other than the first type; and

viewers that initiated no preference events regarding the first content item.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein each of the multiple viewers viewed the first content item in one of:

a portion of the first interface associated with the user; and

a portion of the first interface associated with another of the multiple viewers.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium of the preference event module further stores instructions that, when executed, cause the system to:

receive a new preference event of the first type regarding the first content item, from an additional viewer; and

update the tree-structured representation to include a representation of the additional viewer connected to a representation of one of the multiple viewers;

wherein the additional viewer initiated the new preference event while viewing the first content item in a portion of the first interface associated with the one viewer.