Content visualization

• US 10,067,662 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2015
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• 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:
  US14/880,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20160034169A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,058 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 of indicating content preferences, the method comprising:

presenting to a plurality of users a content interface hosted by a preference system computer;

receiving, from the plurality of users via the content interface, preference events regarding multiple content contributions displayed in the content interface;

storing the preference events at the computer;

presenting to a first user a visualization interface hosted by the computer, the visualization interface including;

multiple lines comprising titles of the multiple content contributions, wherein appearances of the content contribution titles depend upon the preference events received for the content contributions; and

dynamically updating the appearances of the content contribution titles as additional positive preference events are received at the computer for the multiple content contributions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each preference event received from a user is either a positive preference for a corresponding content contribution or a negative preference against the corresponding content contribution.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the visualization interface further includes:

a view control for replacing the multiple lines of content contribution titles with a list of multiple content contributions.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the visualization interface further includes:

for each of one or more of the multiple content contribution titles, a corresponding marker;

wherein an appearance of each marker and corresponding content contribution title depends on a number of positive preference events received for the content contribution having the corresponding content contribution title.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the visualization interface further includes:

a category control for selecting a category of content contributions; and

a sort control for sorting the content contribution titles presented in the visualization interface.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the first user hovering an input control over a first content contribution title, displaying a status of the first content contribution, the status including one or more of;

a current number of positive preference events received for the content contribution; and

an indication whether a positive preference event for the content contribution has been received from a friend of the first user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the first user hovering an input control over a first content contribution title, displaying the first content contribution.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

a font size of a content contribution title is proportional to a number of positive preference events received for the content contribution.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

a color of a content contribution title indicates a magnitude of a number of positive preference events received for the content contribution.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the appearance of a content contribution title indicates whether any preference event for the content contribution was received from a friend of the first user.

11. An apparatus for indicating content preferences, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled with the one or more processors, wherein the memory is configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to;

present to a plurality of users a content interface hosted by the apparatus;

receive, from the plurality of users via the content interface, preference events regarding multiple content contributions displayed in the content interface;

store the preference events;

present to a first user a visualization interface, the visualization interface including;

multiple lines comprising titles of the multiple content contributions, wherein appearances of the content contribution titles depend upon the preference events received for the content contributions; and

dynamically update the appearances of the content contribution titles as additional positive preference events are received for the multiple content contributions.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein each preference event received from a user is either a positive preference for a corresponding content contribution or a negative preference against the corresponding content contribution.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the visualization interface further includes:

a view control for replacing the multiple lines of content contribution titles with a list of multiple content contributions.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the visualization interface further includes:

for each of one or more of the multiple content contribution titles, a corresponding marker;

wherein an appearance of each marker and corresponding content contribution title depends on a number of positive preference events received for the content contribution having the corresponding content contribution title.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the memory is further configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

in response to the first user hovering an input control over a first content contribution title, display a status of the first content contribution, the status including one or more of;

a current number of positive preference events received for the content contribution; and

an indication whether a positive preference event for the content contribution has been received from a friend of the first user.

16. A system for indicating content preferences, the system comprising:

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

present to a plurality of users a content interface hosted by the system;

receive, from the plurality of users via the content interface, preference events regarding multiple content contributions displayed in the content interface; and

store the preference events; and

a visualization apparatus comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to;

present to a first user a visualization interface, the visualization interface including;

multiple lines comprising titles of the multiple content contributions, wherein appearances of the content contribution titles depend upon the preference events received for the content contributions; and

dynamically update the appearances of the content contribution titles as additional positive preference events are received for the multiple content contributions.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein each preference event received from a user is either a positive preference for a corresponding content contribution or a negative preference against the corresponding content contribution.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the visualization interface further includes:

a view control for replacing the multiple lines of content contribution titles with a list of multiple content contributions.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the visualization interface further includes:

for each of one or more of the multiple content contribution titles, a corresponding marker;

wherein an appearance of each marker and corresponding content contribution title depends on a number of positive preference events received for the content contribution having the corresponding content contribution title.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium of the visualization apparatus further stores instructions that, when executed, cause the system to:

in response to the first user hovering an input control over a first content contribution title, display a status of the first content contribution, the status including one or more of;

a current number of positive preference events received for the content contribution; and

an indication whether a positive preference event for the content contribution has been received from a friend of the first user.