Panoptic visualization document collection
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving and disassembling one or more electronic documents into a plurality of constituent electronic document components each of which includes respective media content, the documents being disassembled according to a predetermined type of the documents;
colligating the document components, including for each of one or more document components of the plurality;
identifying one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components of the plurality, the one or more links being identified according to one or more of the documents, type of documents, or media content of the document component and one or more other document components; and
in metadata according to some metadata schema and associated with the document component,providing structured information identifying the one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components that establish one or more logical relationships therebetween;
communicating the document components and metadata as a panoptic visualization document collection;
receiving and storing the document components and metadata in a page storage and a metadata storage, respectively;
identifying a subset of the document components from the page storage based on the metadata in the metadata storage;
generating a layout of including a panoptic arrangement of images of document components including the subset of the document components according to the metadata associated therewith, the panoptic arrangement being two-dimensional and the one or more logical relationships being expressed in the panoptic arrangement by a difference in size or depth of at least some of the images relative to others of the images, the images of document components including images of the respective media content thereof;
selecting one or more navigation options according to the metadata associated with the subset of the document components; and
communicating the one or more navigation options to a graphical user interface for presentation to a user along with the layout, the one or more navigation options thereby being selectable by the user to request an adjustment of the layout.
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Abstract
A panoptic visualization document collection system includes a document parser and a colligater, and is configured to collect components of a document collection in a manner that that captures logical relationships between their content, which may in turn reflect relationships between the subjects or their objects depicted by the content. These logical relationships may be established by links between document components, which may be identified by information provided in associated metadata for the document components. The content may then be exploited according to these relationships, such as in a panoptic arrangement of the content in a manner that reflects the relationships. This type of arrangement may enable a user to see the content in a single view, and in an arrangement that facilitates a better understanding of the relationships between the content and their subjects or objects, which may be otherwise difficult to comprehend.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving and disassembling one or more electronic documents into a plurality of constituent electronic document components each of which includes respective media content, the documents being disassembled according to a predetermined type of the documents; colligating the document components, including for each of one or more document components of the plurality; identifying one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components of the plurality, the one or more links being identified according to one or more of the documents, type of documents, or media content of the document component and one or more other document components; and
in metadata according to some metadata schema and associated with the document component,providing structured information identifying the one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components that establish one or more logical relationships therebetween; communicating the document components and metadata as a panoptic visualization document collection; receiving and storing the document components and metadata in a page storage and a metadata storage, respectively; identifying a subset of the document components from the page storage based on the metadata in the metadata storage; generating a layout of including a panoptic arrangement of images of document components including the subset of the document components according to the metadata associated therewith, the panoptic arrangement being two-dimensional and the one or more logical relationships being expressed in the panoptic arrangement by a difference in size or depth of at least some of the images relative to others of the images, the images of document components including images of the respective media content thereof; selecting one or more navigation options according to the metadata associated with the subset of the document components; and communicating the one or more navigation options to a graphical user interface for presentation to a user along with the layout, the one or more navigation options thereby being selectable by the user to request an adjustment of the layout. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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8. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to implement at least:
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a panoptic visualization document collection system comprising; a document parser configured to receive and disassemble one or more electronic documents into a plurality of constituent document components each of which includes respective media content, the documents being disassembled according to a predetermined type of the documents; a colligater coupled to the document parser and configured to colligate the document components, including for each of one or more document components of the plurality, the colligater being configured to; identify one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components of the plurality, the one or more links being identified according to one or more of the documents, type of documents, or media content of the document component and one or more other document components; and
in metadata according to some metadata schema and associated with the document component,provide structured information identifying the one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components that establish one or more logical relationships therebetween, wherein the colligater is further configured to communicate the document components and metadata as a panoptic visualization document collection; and a page storage and a metadata storage configured to receive and store the document components and metadata, respectively; a panoptic visualization document layout system configured to identify a subset of the document components from the page storage based on the metadata in the metadata storage, and generate a layout including a panoptic arrangement of images of document components including the subset of the document components according to the metadata associated therewith, the panoptic arrangement being two-dimensional and the one or more logical relationships being expressed in the panoptic arrangement by a difference in size or depth of at least some of the images relative to others of the images, the images of document components including images of the respective media content thereof; and a panoptic visualization document navigation system configured to select one or more navigation options according to the metadata associated with the subset of the document components, and communicate the one or more navigation options to a graphical user interface for presentation to a user along with the layout, the one or more navigation options thereby being selectable by the user to request an adjustment of the layout.
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16. A computer-readable storage medium that is non-transitory and has computer-readable program code portions stored therein that, in response to execution by a processor, cause an apparatus to at least:
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receive and disassemble one or more electronic documents into a plurality of constituent document components each of which includes respective media content, the documents being disassembled according to a predetermined type of the documents; colligate the document components, including for each of one or more document components of the plurality, the apparatus being caused to; identify one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components of the plurality, the one or more links being identified according to one or more of the documents, type of documents, or media content of the document component and one or more other document components; and
in metadata according to some metadata schema and associated with the document component,provide structured information identifying the one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components, that establish one or more logical relationships therebetween; communicate the document components and metadata as a panoptic visualization document collection; receive and cause storage of the document components and metadata in a page storage and a metadata storage, respectively; identify a subset of the document components from the page storage based on the metadata in the metadata storage; and generate a layout including a panoptic arrangement of images of document components including the subset of the document components according to the metadata associated therewith, the panoptic arrangement being two-dimensional and the one or more logical relationships being expressed in the panoptic arrangement by a difference in size or depth of at least some of the images relative to others of the images, the images of document components including images of the respective media content thereof; select one or more navigation options according to the metadata associated with the subset of the document components; and communicate the one or more navigation options to a graphical user interface for presentation to a user along with the layout, the one or more navigation options thereby being selectable by the user to request an adjustment of the layout. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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