Apparatus and method for coordinated views of clustered data
First Claim
1. A data display apparatus for displaying data elements on a display screen accessible by a data processor having a memory storage device, the data elements each having a plurality of parameters the values of which vary from one element to another, the apparatus comprising:
- a cluster display module that presents the data elements in a cluster display on the display screen, such that graphical cluster icons, each representative of one or more of the data elements, are displayed with a spatial relationship to one another that is dependent on the values of said parameters;
an item display module that presents the data elements in an item display on the display screen, such that textual information regarding the parameters of data elements is displayed; and
a controller that controls the cluster display module and the item display module such that the graphical cluster icons and the textual information are viewable on the display screen simultaneously in such a way as to allow a user to visually correlate clusters in the cluster display with corresponding textual information in the item display.
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Abstract
A data display apparatus uses a cluster display window and an item display window that appear simultaneously on a display screen. The cluster display window depicts underlying data elements using clustering icons arranged according to a clustering algorithm. The item display window depicts the data elements using textual information. The two display windows may have interrelated functionality, such that a change to a data element representation in one window changes a representation for the same element in another window. Various means of selecting and manipulating the representations of the data elements in the two windows are also provided.
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18 Claims
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1. A data display apparatus for displaying data elements on a display screen accessible by a data processor having a memory storage device, the data elements each having a plurality of parameters the values of which vary from one element to another, the apparatus comprising:
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a cluster display module that presents the data elements in a cluster display on the display screen, such that graphical cluster icons, each representative of one or more of the data elements, are displayed with a spatial relationship to one another that is dependent on the values of said parameters; an item display module that presents the data elements in an item display on the display screen, such that textual information regarding the parameters of data elements is displayed; and a controller that controls the cluster display module and the item display module such that the graphical cluster icons and the textual information are viewable on the display screen simultaneously in such a way as to allow a user to visually correlate clusters in the cluster display with corresponding textual information in the item display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of displaying data elements on a display screen accessible by a data processor having a memory storage device, the data elements each having a plurality of parameters the values of which vary from one element to another, the method comprising:
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(a) presenting the data elements in a cluster display on the display screen, such that graphical cluster icons, each representative of one or more of the data elements, are displayed with a spatial relationship to one another that is dependent on the values of said parameters; (b) presenting the data elements in an item display on the display screen, such that textual information regarding the parameters of data elements is displayed; and (c) controlling the cluster display and the item display such that the graphical cluster icons and the textual information are viewable on the display screen simultaneously in such a way as to allow a user to visually correlate clusters in the cluster display with corresponding textual information in the item display. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data display apparatus for displaying data elements on a display screen accessible by a data processor having a memory storage device, the data elements each having a plurality of parameters the values of which vary from one element to another, the apparatus comprising:
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means for presenting the data elements in a cluster display on the display screen, such that graphical cluster icons, each representative of one or more of the data elements, are displayed with a spatial relationship to one another that is dependent on the values of said parameters; means for presenting the data elements in an item display on the display screen, such that textual information regarding the parameters of data elements is displayed; and means for controlling the cluster display and the item display such that the graphical cluster icons and the textual information are viewable on the display screen simultaneously in such a way as to allow a user to visually correlate clusters in the cluster display with textual information in the item display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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