System and method for interactive visual analytics of multi-dimensional temporal data

• US 10,409,448 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2018
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: State Street Corporation
• Original Assignee: State Street Corporation
• Inventors: Cristoforo, Albert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Maguire, Lindsay M
• Application Number:
  US15/895,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20180173402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

Multi-dimensional temporal data can provide insight into patterns, trends and correlations. Traditional 2D-charts are widely used to support domain analysts'"'"' work, but are limited to present large-scale complicated data intuitively and do not allow further exploration to gain insight. A visual analytics system and method which supports interactive analysis of multi-dimensional temporal data, incorporating the idea of a novel visualization method is provided. The system extends the ability of mapping techniques by visualizing domain data based on a 3D geometry enhanced by color, motion and sound. It allows a compact universal overview of large-scale data and drilling down for further exploration. By customizable visualization, it can be adapted to different data models and applied to multiple domains. It helps analysts interact directly with large-scale data, gain insight into the data, and make better decisions.

Claims

1. An apparatus for generating a graphical user interface for displaying multi-dimensional temporal data on a display device, comprising:

an input component to receive one or more data feeds comprising a plurality of data points;

a processor device to generate a graphical user interface based upon the one or more received data feeds, wherein the processor device is a graphical processing unit and the graphical processing unit utilizes one or more libraries and functions to generate and present the three-dimensional global sphere;

a display device for displaying the generated graphical user interface; and

a storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor device, cause the processor device to;

generate a three-dimensional global sphere displayed within the graphical user interface on the display device based upon a first predetermined set of rules for determining a radius of the three-dimensional global sphere;

segment the three-dimensional global sphere displayed within the graphical user interface on the display device according to longitudinal segments to define a first criterion for locating a data point in one of the longitudinal segments;

segment the three-dimensional global sphere displayed within the graphical user interface on the display device according to latitudinal segments to define a second criterion for locating a data point in one of the latitudinal segments;

track one or more changes of each data point from a time T₀ to time T_N according to information about each data point received from the one or more data feeds;

generate a modified three-dimensional global sphere based upon the one or more tracked changes;

present the modified three-dimensional global sphere within the graphical user interface on the display device;

receive, via an input device, one or more user interactions with the modified three-dimensional global sphere presented within the graphical user interface on the display device; and

update the modified three-dimensional global sphere within the graphical user interface displayed on the display device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more user interactions include at least one of a rotation and a zoom performed on the modified three-dimensional global sphere to enable a user to see occluded areas of the modified three-dimensional global sphere.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more user interactions include a click on a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) link associated with the modified three-dimensional global sphere and the processor device to cause presentation of a website relating to the three-dimensional global sphere.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the longitudinal segments, the latitudinal segments and distance to a center of the three-dimensional global sphere define a data model for presentation on the display device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, the processor device to linearly map the radius of the three-dimensional global sphere to a display area of the graphical user interface to present on the display device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, the processor device to log-linearly map the radius of the three-dimensional global sphere to a display area of the graphical user interface to present on the display device.

7. A computer-implemented method to generate a graphical user interface for displaying multi-dimensional temporal data on a display device, comprising:

utilizing, by a graphical processing unit, one or more libraries and functions to generate and present a three-dimensional global sphere displayed within the graphical user interface on the display device based upon a first predetermined set of rules for determining a radius of the three-dimensional global sphere;

segmenting the three-dimensional global sphere displayed within the graphical user interface on the display device according to longitudinal segments to define a first criterion for locating a data point in one of the longitudinal segments;

segmenting the three-dimensional global sphere displayed within the graphical user interface on the display device according to latitudinal segments to define a second criterion for locating a data point in one of the latitudinal segments;

tracking one or more changes of each data point from a time T₀ to time T_N according to information about each data point received from one or more data feeds via an input component;

generating a modified three-dimensional global sphere based upon the one or more tracked changes;

presenting the modified three-dimensional global sphere within the graphical user interface on the display device;

receiving, via an input device, one or more user interactions with the modified three-dimensional global sphere presented within the graphical user interface on the display device; and

updating the modified three-dimensional global sphere within the graphical user interface displayed on the display device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the one or more user interactions include at least one of a rotation and a zoom performed on the modified three-dimensional global sphere to enable a user to see occluded areas of the modified three-dimensional global sphere.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the one or more user interactions include a click on a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) link associated with the modified three-dimensional global sphere and causing presentation of a website relating to the three-dimensional global sphere based on the one or more user interactions including the click on the HTTP link.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the longitudinal segments, the latitudinal segments and distance to a center of the three-dimensional global sphere define a data model for presentation on the display device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, comprising linearly mapping a radius of the three-dimensional global sphere to a display area of the graphical user interface to present on the display device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, comprising log-linearly mapping a radio of the three-dimensional global sphere to a display area of the graphical user interface to present on the display device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable the processor to:

utilizing, by a graphical processing unit, one or more libraries and functions to generate and present a three-dimensional global sphere displayed within a graphical user interface on a display device based upon a first predetermined set of rules for determining a radius of the three-dimensional global sphere;

segment the three-dimensional global sphere displayed within the graphical user interface on the display device according to longitudinal segments to define a first criterion for locating a data point in one of the longitudinal segments;

segment the three-dimensional global sphere displayed within the graphical user interface on the display device according to latitudinal segments to define a second criterion for locating a data point in one of the latitudinal segments;

track one or more changes of each data point from a time T₀ to time T_N according to information about each data point received from one or more data feeds via an input component;

generate a modified three-dimensional global sphere based upon the one or more tracked changes;

present the modified three-dimensional global sphere within the graphical user interface on the display device;

receive, via an input device, one or more user interactions with the modified three-dimensional global sphere presented within the graphical user interface on the display device; and

update the modified three-dimensional global sphere within the graphical user interface displayed on the display device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more user interactions include at least one of a rotation and a zoom performed on the modified three-dimensional global sphere to enable a user to see occluded areas of the modified three-dimensional global sphere.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more user interactions include a click on a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) link associated with the modified three-dimensional global sphere and the processor to cause presentation of a website relating to the three-dimensional global sphere based on the one or more user interactions including the click on the HTTP link.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the longitudinal segments, the latitudinal segments and distance to a center of the three-dimensional global sphere define a data model for presentation on the display device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, the processor to linearly map or log-linearly map a radius of the three-dimensional global sphere to a display area of the graphical user interface to present on the display device.