Interface including graphic representation of relationships between search results
First Claim
1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions operative to cause a machine to perform a method of displaying different types of information about subject items in at least four dimensions, the method corresponding to the instructions comprising:
- selecting at least four dimensions to be displayed, at least three of the at least four dimensions having been chosen by a user;
generating an image based on at least the selected at least four dimensions; and
displaying the image including;
depicting, as a first dimension of the image, a first axis representing time;
depicting, as a second dimension of the image, a second axis representing one of a ranking and a jurisdiction;
depicting, as a third dimension of the image, icons located on a plane defined by the first and second axes and representing the subject items cited in a database or cited to by other items in the database, wherein each subject item represents a physical object or data representing a physical object, respectively; and
depicting, as a fourth dimension of the image, sizes of the icons representing corresponding numbers of citations made by the subject items or numbers of citations to the subject items made by the other items in the database, respectively.
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Abstract
A multi-dimensional graphic user interface displays selected types of information regarding items included in one or more databases or returned by a search in accordance with locations on a two-dimensional display area or projection of a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional area and provides for selective display of information about respective items in a database (e.g. metadata) as additional dimensions of the display which may be suppressed and/or selectively introduced to avoid user distraction or obscuring information or for comparison between screens which may indicate to a user the degree to which a particular item may or may not be germane to an issue or particular subject matter of interest. The graphic user interface thus provides an effective tool for evaluating search results and organizing detailed review thereof.
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Citations
44 Claims
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions operative to cause a machine to perform a method of displaying different types of information about subject items in at least four dimensions, the method corresponding to the instructions comprising:
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selecting at least four dimensions to be displayed, at least three of the at least four dimensions having been chosen by a user; generating an image based on at least the selected at least four dimensions; and displaying the image including; depicting, as a first dimension of the image, a first axis representing time; depicting, as a second dimension of the image, a second axis representing one of a ranking and a jurisdiction; depicting, as a third dimension of the image, icons located on a plane defined by the first and second axes and representing the subject items cited in a database or cited to by other items in the database, wherein each subject item represents a physical object or data representing a physical object, respectively; and depicting, as a fourth dimension of the image, sizes of the icons representing corresponding numbers of citations made by the subject items or numbers of citations to the subject items made by the other items in the database, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions operative to cause a machine to perform a method of displaying different types of information about a set of items in at least four dimensions, the method corresponding to the instructions comprising:
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selecting at least four dimensions to be displayed, at least three of the at least four dimensions having been chosen by a user; generating a graphic user interface capable of display of the different types of information about the set of items in the at least four dimensions based on at least the selected at least four dimensions; generating the graphic user interface including; depicting, as a first dimension of the image, a first axis; depicting, as a second dimension of the image, a second axis; depicting, as a third dimension of the image, a set of icons located on a plane defined by the first and second axes and representing subject items, wherein each subject item represents a physical object or data representing a physical object, respectively; and depicting, as a fourth dimension of the image, connectors between members of a subset of the set of icons indicating a relation therebetween, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of displaying different types of information about subject items in at least four dimensions, the method comprising:
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selecting at least four dimensions to be displayed, at least three of the at least four dimensions having been chosen by a user; generating an image based on at least the selected at least four dimensions; and displaying the image including; depicting, as a first dimension of the image, a first axis representing time; depicting, as a second dimension of the image, a second axis representing one of a ranking and a jurisdiction; depicting, as a third dimension of the image, icons located on a plane defined by the first and second axes and representing the subject items cited in a database or cited to by other items in the database, wherein each subject item represents a physical object or data representing a physical object, respectively; and depicting, as a fourth dimension of the image, sizes of the icons representing corresponding numbers of citations made by the subject items or numbers of citations to the subject items made by the other items in the database, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of displaying different types of information about a set of items in at least four dimensions, the method comprising:
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selecting at least four dimensions to be displayed, at least three of the at least four dimensions having been chosen by a user; generating an image based on at least the selected at least four dimensions; and displaying the image including; depicting, as a first dimension of the image, a first axis; depicting, as a second dimension of the image, a second axis; depicting, as a third dimension of the image, a set of icons located on a plane defined by the first and second axes and representing subject items, wherein each subject item represents a physical object or data representing a physical object, respectively; and depicting, as a fourth dimension of the image, connectors between members of a subset of the set of icons indicating a relation therebetween, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions operative to cause the machine to perform a method of displaying different types of information about a set of items, the method corresponding to the instructions comprising:
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selecting at least two dimensions to be displayed; depicting an image based on at least the selected at least two dimensions; displaying the image including; depicting, as a first dimension of the image, a first axis representing time; depicting, as a second dimension of the image, a second axis representing one of a ranking and a jurisdiction; depicting indicia representing individual ones from the set of items at respective locations on a two dimensional display area, respectively, wherein each item represents a physical object or data representing a physical object, respectively; and depicting a plurality of types of information associated with the individual items and which are reflective of content of or relationships between the individual items, the types of information being selected by a user and displayed as a plurality of visual attributes of the indicia, respectively; and receiving a designation of one amongst the indicia; and wherein the displaying the image further includes; locating the designated indicium at a predetermined position on the two dimensional display area; and arranging remaining ones of the indicia within the two dimensional display area based on a location of the designated indicium. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of displaying different types of information about a set of items, the method comprising:
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selecting at least two dimensions to be displayed; depicting an image based on at least the selected at least two dimensions; displaying the image including; depicting, as a first dimension of the image, a first axis representing time; depicting, as a second dimension of the image, a second axis representing one of a ranking and a jurisdiction; depicting indicia representing individual ones from the set of items at respective locations on a two dimensional display area, respectively, wherein each item represents a physical object or data representing a physical object, respectively; and depicting a plurality of types of information associated with the individual items and reflective of content of or relationships between the individual items, the types of information being selected by a user and displayed as a plurality of visual attributes of the indicia, respectively; and receiving a designation of one amongst the indicia; and wherein the displaying the image further includes; locating the designated indicium at a predetermined position on the two dimensional display area; and arranging remaining ones of the indicia within the two dimensional display area based on a location of the designated indicium. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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