Interactive user interfaces for location-based data analysis

• US 10,459,619 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Wilson, Matthew Julius, Alexander, Tom, Cervelli, Daniel, Fountain, Trevor, Spencer-Harper, Quentin, Horbatt, Daniel, Visa, Guillem Palou, Scott, Dylan, Sontag, Trevor, Verdieck, Kevin, Ryan, Alexander, Lee, Brian, Shepherd, Charles, Nguyen, Emily
• Primary Examiner(s): Tillery, Rashawn N
• Application Number:
  US15/852,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20180136831A1
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

Various systems and methods are provided that display various geographic maps and depth graphs in an interactive user interface in substantially real-time in response to input from a user in order to determine information related to measured data points, depth levels, and geological layers and provide the determined information to the user in the interactive user interface. For example, a computing device may be configured to retrieve data from one or more databases and generate one or more interactive user interfaces. The one or more interactive user interfaces may display the retrieved data in a geographic map, a heat map, a cross-plot graph, or one or more depth graphs. The user interface may be interactive in that a user may manipulate any of the graphs to identify trends or current or future issues.

Claims

1. A computing system configured to access a data structure in substantially real-time in response to input from a user provided via an interactive user interface in order to display a preview of a shape in the interactive user interface, the computing system comprising:

a computer processor; and

a computer readable storage medium storing;

a data structure including a plurality of shape files; and

program instructions configured for execution by the computer processor to cause the computing system to;

receive a search term;

identify, in the data structure and from the plurality of shape files, a first shape file that includes the search term, wherein the first shape file comprises a first file name with a first file extension;

retrieve a first set of shape files from the data structure, wherein each retrieved shape file of the first set of shape files comprises the first file name, and wherein each retrieved shape file of the first set of shape files comprises a file extension different from the first file extension;

generate a shape preview based on data in the first shape file and data in the retrieved first set of shape files; and

generate user interface data for rendering the interactive user interface on a computing device, the interactive user interface including;

the shape preview in a first portion of the interactive user interface, and

a preview of text present in the first shape file in a second portion of the interactive user interface.

2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein one of metadata of the first shape file or code in the first shape file comprises the search term.

3. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable storage medium further stores program instructions configured to cause the computing system to:

receive a request to view a shape associated with the shape preview; and

update the user interface data such that the interactive user interface comprises a geographic map and a representation of the shape in the geographic map.

4. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the shape preview comprises a depiction of a geological layer.

5. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable storage medium further stores program instructions configured to cause the computing system to:

receive a request to rotate the shape preview from a first orientation to a second orientation; and

update the user interface data such that the interactive user interface displays the shape preview in the second orientation.

6. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable storage medium further stores program instructions configured to cause the computing system to:

receive a request to download the first shape file and each shape file in the data structure that comprises the first file name; and

transmit the first shape file and each shape file in the data structure that comprises the first file name to a user device over a network.

7. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable storage medium further stores program instructions configured to cause the computing system to:

receive a request to download the first shape file and each shape file in the data structure that comprises the first file name;

aggregate the first shape file and each shape file in the data structure that comprises the first file name into a compressed data file; and

transmit the compressed data file to the user device over the network.

8. The computing system of claim 1, wherein content of each file in the data structure that comprises the first file name is not searchable.

9. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the shape preview comprises a three-dimensional shape.

10. The computing system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of a file name of each of the retrieved shape files of the first set of shape files comprises the first file name.

11. A computer-implemented method for accessing a data structure in substantially real-time in response to input from a user provided via an interactive user interface in order to display a preview of a shape in the interactive user interface, the computer-implemented method comprising:

by a computer processor executing program instructions;

receiving a search term;

identifying, in a data structure and from the plurality of shape files, a first shape file that includes the search term, wherein the first shape file comprises a first file name with a first file extension;

retrieving a first set of shape files from the data structure, wherein each retrieved shape file of the first set of shape files comprises the first file name, and wherein each retrieved shape file of the first set of shape files comprises a file extension different from the first file extension;

generating a shape preview based on data in the first shape file and data in the retrieved first set of shape files; and

generating user interface data for rendering the interactive user interface on a computing device, the interactive user interface including;

the shape preview in a first portion of the interactive user interface, and

a preview of text present in the first shape file in a second portion of the interactive user interface.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein one of metadata of the first file or code in the first file comprises the search term.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 further comprising:

by the computer processor executing program instructions;

receiving a request to view a shape associated with the shape preview; and

updating the user interface data such that the interactive user interface comprises a geographic map and a representation of the shape in the geographic map.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the shape preview comprises a depiction of a geological layer.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 further comprising:

by the computer processor executing program instructions;

receiving a request to rotate the shape preview from a first orientation to a second orientation; and

updating the user interface data such that the interactive user interface displays the shape preview in the second orientation.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 further comprising:

by the computer processor executing program instructions;

receiving a request to download the first shape file and each shape file in the plurality of shape files that comprises the first file name; and

transmitting the first shape file and each shape file in the plurality of shape files that comprises the first file name to a user device over a network.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 further comprising:

by the computer processor executing program instructions;

receiving a request to download the first shape file and each shape file in the plurality of shape files that comprises the first file name;

aggregating the first shape file and each shape file in the plurality of shape files that comprises the first file name into a compressed data file; and

transmitting the compressed data file to the user device over the network.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein content of each file in the plurality of shape files that comprises the first file name is not searchable.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of a file name of each of the retrieved shape files of the first set of shape files comprises the first file name.