Graphical visualization of data using browser

• US 20060224983A1
• Filed: 04/01/2005
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Technology Enabling Company LLC
• Original Assignee: Technology Enabling Company LLC
• Inventors: Zhang, Tiejun, Albrecht, Paul, Yang, Xiao Ping, Grimshaw, Paul, Toong, Hoo-Min D., Chiu, Kimberly, Hadzima, Joseph G. Jr., Dai, Lillian, Lu, Fenghua, Chiu, Vicent
• Application Number:
  US11/097,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20060224983A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/382 using citations hypermedia G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/11 Patent retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

Embodiments of graphical visualization of data using a browser, such as a web browser, are disclosed.

Claims

1. An article comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon instructions so that if executed result in creating application-like graphical map visualizations of data.

2. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating one or more maps.

3. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one landscape map.

4. The article of claim 3, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating a landscape map that includes issued patent information.

5. The article of claim 4, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one landscape map that includes pending patent application information.

6. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating an interactive viewer window.

7. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one interconnection map.

8. The article of claim 7 wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one interconnection map with issued patent information.

9. The article of claim 8, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one interconnection map with pending patent application information.

10. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in exporting data based at least in part on said one or more maps.

11. The article of claim 10, wherein said instructions if executed further result in exporting data in at least one of the following formats:

text and/or graphic.

12. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in switching from a map visualization to a non-map visualization.

13. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating non-map visualizations.

14. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one map of forward patent citations and/or backward patent citations.

15. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one map depicting issued patents broken down by PTO class code and/or PTO sub class code.

16. The article of claim 15, wherein said PTO comprises the USPTO.

17. The article of claim 15, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one map depicting at least some patent applications.

18. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one map depicting patents sorted by inventor(s).

19. The article of claim 18, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one map depicting at least some patent applications.

20. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in at least one map depicting patents sorted by issue date.

21. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one map depicting patents sorted by filing date.

22. The article of claim 21, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating at least one map depicting at least some patent applications.