Method, mobile terminal, and server for displaying data analysis result

• US 10,440,532 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Liu, Jing, Chen, Long, Sun, Longjun, Nong, Yihui, Lin, Yongsheng, Li, Feihong
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Justin S
• Application Number:
  US15/678,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20170347250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A method includes: sending a data analysis request to a remotely located server, including sending raw data to the remotely located server; receiving from the remotely located server a first reply including one or more static graphical representations of the raw data; sending a user selection of at least one of the one or more of the static graphical representations of the raw data; and in response to sending the user selection of the at least one of the one or more of the static graphical representations of the raw data, receiving a second reply from the remotely located server, including receiving information configurable to create one or more editable graphical representations of the raw data in accordance with one or more predefined graphical display templates.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a data analysis result on a portable electronic device comprising:

at the portable electronic device having one or more processors, a display and memory for storing programs to be executed by the one or more processors;

sending a data analysis request to a remotely located server, including sending by the portable electronic device raw data to the remotely located server;

in response to sending the data analysis request including sending the raw data to the remotely located server, receiving from the remotely located server a first reply including a plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data, wherein the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data correspond to results of analysis of the raw data performed at the remotely located server, including a first static image corresponding to a first analysis result of the raw data and a second static image corresponding to a second analysis result of the raw data that is visually different from the first static image;

concurrently displaying the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data including the first static image and the second static image on the display and detecting a user selection of one of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data;

sending a user selection of the first static image of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data;

in response to sending the user selection of the first static image of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data, receiving a second reply from the remotely located server, including receiving information configurable to create one or more editable graphical representations of the raw data in accordance with one or more predefined graphical display templates corresponding to the user-selected first static image of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data; and

replacing the concurrent display of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data with a new display of an editable graphical representation of the raw data according to the first static image.

2. The method of claim 1, further including:

in response to receiving the second reply from the remotely located server;

determining whether the portable electronic device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the one or more editable graphical representations of the raw data, stored locally at the portable electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that the portable electronic device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations of the raw data, stored locally at the portable electronic device, displaying the editable graphical representations of the raw data on the display using the one or more graphical display templates.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that the portable electronic device does not have one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations, stored locally at the portable electronic device, sending a request to the remotely located server for the one or more graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining whether the device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations, stored locally at the portable electronic device, comprises determining if one or more graphical display templates stored in memory have expired.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that the device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations, stored locally at the portable electronic device;

detecting a user command to edit, in at least one of the editable graphical representations, the raw data corresponding to the first static image;

transmitting the edited raw data to the remotely located server;

receiving from the server a new graphical representation corresponding to the edited raw data; and

displaying the graphical representation of the edited raw data on the display using the one or more graphical display templates.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data includes a plurality of static, thumbnail images corresponding to the raw data, the plurality of static, thumbnail images including the first and second static images, wherein each respective thumbnail image represents a respective type of chart.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the server has selected respective types of charts for graphically representing the raw data in accordance with one or more characteristics of the raw data.

8. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

sending a data analysis request to a remotely located server, including sending by the portable electronic device raw data to the remotely located server;

in response to sending the data analysis request including sending the raw data to the remotely located server, receiving from the remotely located server a first reply including a plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data, wherein the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data correspond to results of analysis of the raw data performed at the remotely located server, and including a first static image corresponding to a first analysis result of the raw data and a second static image corresponding to a second analysis result of the raw data that is visually different from the first static image;

sending a user selection of the first static image of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data;

in response to sending the user selection of the first static image of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data, receiving a second reply from the remotely located server, including receiving information configurable to create one or more editable graphical representations of the raw data in accordance with one or more predefined graphical display templates corresponding to the user-selected first static image of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data; and

replacing the concurrent display of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data with a new display of an editable graphical representation of the raw data according to the first static image.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the programs further include instructions for:

in response to receiving the second reply from the remotely located server;

determining whether the portable electronic device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the one or more editable graphical representations of the raw data, stored locally at the portable electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that the portable electronic device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations of the raw data, stored locally at the portable electronic device, displaying the editable graphical representations of the raw data on the display using the one or more graphical display templates.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein the programs further include instructions for:

in accordance with a determination that the portable electronic device does not have one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations, stored locally at the portable electronic device, sending a request to the remotely located server for the one or more graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein determining whether the device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations, stored locally at the portable electronic device, comprises determining if one or more graphical display templates stored in memory have expired.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein the programs further include instructions for:

in accordance with a determination that the device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations, stored locally at the portable electronic device;

detecting a user command to edit, in at least one of the editable graphical representations, the raw data corresponding to the first static image;

transmitting the edited raw data to the remotely located server;

receiving from the server a new graphical representation corresponding to the edited raw data; and

displaying the graphical representation of the edited raw data on the display using the one or more graphical display templates.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data includes a plurality of static, thumbnail images corresponding to the raw data, the plurality of static, thumbnail images including the first and second static images, wherein each respective thumbnail image represents a respective type of chart.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 13, wherein the server has selected respective types of charts for graphically representing the raw data in accordance with one or more characteristics of the raw data.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display and a camera, cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:

sending a data analysis request to a remotely located server, including sending by the portable electronic device raw data to the remotely located server;

in response to sending the data analysis request including sending the raw data to the remotely located server, receiving from the remotely located server a first reply including a plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data, wherein the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data correspond to results of analysis of the raw data performed at the remotely located server, and including a first static image corresponding to a first analysis result of the raw data and a second static image corresponding to a second analysis result of the raw data that is visually different from the first static image;

sending a user selection of the first static image of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data;

in response to sending the user selection of the first static image of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data, receiving a second reply from the remotely located server, including receiving information configurable to create one or more editable graphical representations of the raw data in accordance with one or more predefined graphical display templates corresponding to the user-selected first static image of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data; and

replacing the concurrent display of the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data with a new display of an editable graphical representation of the raw data according to the first static image.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

in response to receiving the second reply from the remotely located server;

determining whether the portable electronic device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the one or more editable graphical representations of the raw data, stored locally at the portable electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that the portable electronic device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations of the raw data, stored locally at the portable electronic device, displaying the editable graphical representations of the raw data on the display using the one or more graphical display templates.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further include:

in accordance with a determination that the portable electronic device does not have one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations, stored locally at the portable electronic device, sending a request to the remotely located server for the one or more graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein determining whether the device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations, stored locally at the portable electronic device, comprises determining if one or more graphical display templates stored in memory have expired.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the programs further include instructions for:

in accordance with a determination that the device has one or more valid graphical display templates corresponding to the information configurable to create the editable graphical representations, stored locally at the portable electronic device;

detecting a user command to edit, in at least one of the editable graphical representations, the raw data corresponding to the first static image;

transmitting the edited raw data to the remotely located server;

receiving from the server a new graphical representation corresponding to the edited raw data; and

displaying the graphical representation of the edited raw data on the display using the one or more graphical display templates.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of static graphical representations of the raw data includes a plurality of static, thumbnail images corresponding to the raw data, the plurality of static, thumbnail images including the first and second static images, wherein each respective thumbnail image represents a respective type of chart.