Systems and methods for displaying linked information in a sorted context
First Claim
1. A method of displaying linked information in a sorted context comprising the steps of:
- determining a first set of display elements, each display element associated with a first display characteristic;
determining an interesting element in the first set of display elements;
determining a second set of display elements related to the interesting element based on at least one similarity measure; and
determining a third set of elements based on the first and second set of elements; and
wherein the third set of elements are combined with the first set of elements into a composite sorted display in which all the display elements are sorted in sections based on respective section sorting rules.
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Abstract
Techniques are presented for determining a first set of display elements, each display element associated with a first display characteristic. An interesting element in the first set of display elements is determined. A second set of elements related to the interesting element is determined. A third set of elements based on the first and second set of elements is determined using intersection, union, subtraction addition and other logical operations. A third set of elements not yet added to the element collection is determined. The elements in the third set are associated with a second or ghosted display characteristic. The elements in the third set are inserted within the sorted context of the visualization based on spatial distortion rules which help to preserve spatial memory cues in the visualization of the element collection. The elements may be documents in an information repository, linked contact information, linked information records in a database or other types of information.
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71 Claims
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1. A method of displaying linked information in a sorted context comprising the steps of:
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determining a first set of display elements, each display element associated with a first display characteristic;
determining an interesting element in the first set of display elements;
determining a second set of display elements related to the interesting element based on at least one similarity measure; and
determining a third set of elements based on the first and second set of elements; and
wherein the third set of elements are combined with the first set of elements into a composite sorted display in which all the display elements are sorted in sections based on respective section sorting rules. - 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, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for displaying linked information in a sorted context comprising:
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an input/output circuit for receiving a first set of elements, the set of elements associated with a first display characteristic;
a processor that determines a sorted display context for the first set of elements;
a selection circuit operable to select an interesting element in the first set of elements;
a related elements circuit that determines a second set of elements related to the interesting element;
a processor that determines third and fourth sets of elements based on the first and second sets of elements;
the third and fourth sets of elements associated with second and third display characteristics respectively; and
an element layout circuit that inserts the third set of elements based on the first and second set of elements; and
wherein the third set of elements are combined with the first set of elements into a composite sorted display in which all the elements are sorted in sections based on respective section sorting rules. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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60. A carrier wave encoded to transmit a control program, useable to program a computer to display linked information in a sorted context, to a device for executing the program, the control program comprising:
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instructions for determining first set of display elements, each display element associated with a first display characteristic;
instructions for determining an interesting element in the first set of display element;
instructions for determining a second set of elements related to the interesting element based on at least one similarity measure; and
instructions for determining a third set of elements based on the first and second set of elements; and
wherein the third set of elements are combined with the first set of elements into a composite sorted display in which all the display elements are sorted in sections based on respective section sorting rules.
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61. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied on the computer readable storage medium, the computer readable program code useable to program a computer to display linked information in a sorted context comprising the steps of:
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determining first set of display elements, each display element associated with a first display characteristic;
determining an interesting element in the first set of display element;
determining a second set of elements related to the interesting element based on at least one similarity measure; and
determining a third set of elements based on the first and second set of elements; and
wherein the third set of elements are combined with the first set of elements into a composite sorted display in which all the display elements are sorted in sections based on respective section sorting rules.
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Specification