Models and methods for reducing visual complexity and search effort via ideal information abstraction, hiding, and sequencing
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates displaying information, comprising:
- a ranking component that determines a likelihood value for at least one display item;
a cost component that determines a navigation cost for the display item; and
a hiding component that selectively exposes a subset of display items from a plurality of display items based at least in part upon the determined likelihood value and the navigation cost.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and methodology for controlling and presenting information to users in an automated manner. Sets of information items accessible by users from computer workspaces (e.g., from within and/or outside an application) are automatically hidden or reduced from view in order to facilitate user processing of a determined and/or reduced subset of information. The reduced subset is created from decision-theoretic considerations of the expected costs and benefits of hiding or mitigating information items from view or presentation while leaving more likely items or objects exposed for efficient access by users. The display of the ideal set of items takes into consideration controls that allow for the access of views that reveal sets of less likely items through one or more gestures. The control of the optimization may be facilitated by preference-assessment interfaces that allow a designer and/or a user to assess preferences about the costs of reviewing sets of items of different lengths and about the costs of gestures to reveal additional items.
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38 Claims
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1. A system that facilitates displaying information, comprising:
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a ranking component that determines a likelihood value for at least one display item;
a cost component that determines a navigation cost for the display item; and
a hiding component that selectively exposes a subset of display items from a plurality of display items based at least in part upon the determined likelihood value and the navigation cost. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method that facilitates displaying information, comprising:
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identifying information that can be displayed on a computer; and
selectively displaying a subset of information from a set of information based at least in part upon an expected utility analysis. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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31. The method of clam 30, further comprising automatically assigning a rank to one or more display items based upon one or more relevance variables.
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35. A system that facilitates item presentation, comprising:
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means for automatically determining a cost to display an item; and
means for selectively exposing the item based upon the determined cost to display the item.
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36. A user interface for selectively exposing information to a user, comprising;
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a component to receive user feedback related to a cost to access a document and a cost to access non-displayed documents; and
a component to display objects to a user based at least in part on the user feedback. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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