REPRESENTATION AND DISPLAY OF GEOGRAPHICAL POPULARITY DATA
First Claim
1. A method for visually representing the popularity of a plurality of geographical sub-areas of a geographical area in a computing system, comprising:
- retrieving popularity data from a popularity data store corresponding to each of the plurality of geographical sub-areas of the geographical area;
assigning a color to the popularity data for each of the plurality of geographical sub-areas of the geographical area according to a mapping function; and
displaying the geographical area according to the colors assigned to the geographical sub-areas of the geographical area according to said assigning.
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Abstract
The popularity of geographical points, locations or regions is represented and displayed by software in a computing system. Geographical popularity data may be stored according to a hierarchical naming convention that maps to geographical detail levels, and the geographical popularity data may be updated, e.g., continually or periodically, to maintain real-time, dynamic popularity measurements. The geographical popularity data can be represented according to different hierarchical levels of geographical detail. One visualization technique includes displaying the geographical popularity data as a chloropleth enabling a user to observe variation of the popularity of geographical sub-regions within a greater geographical context.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for visually representing the popularity of a plurality of geographical sub-areas of a geographical area in a computing system, comprising:
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retrieving popularity data from a popularity data store corresponding to each of the plurality of geographical sub-areas of the geographical area; assigning a color to the popularity data for each of the plurality of geographical sub-areas of the geographical area according to a mapping function; and displaying the geographical area according to the colors assigned to the geographical sub-areas of the geographical area according to said assigning. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A user interface in a computing system for displaying geographical popularity data for a geographical region, comprising:
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a geographical region user interface element that displays a geographical region at a first level of detail; and a plurality of geographical sub-region user interface elements displayed within the geographical region, wherein each of the plurality of geographical sub-region user interface elements represents a second level of detail greater in detail than the first level of detail, wherein each geographical sub-region user interface element is displayed with a color derived from a function of a popularity information retrieved for the geographical sub-region user interface element from a popularity information data store representing popularity information for the plurality of geographical sub-regions represented by the plurality of geographical sub-region user interface elements. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for representing the popularity of a plurality of sub-regions of a geographical region in a computing system, comprising:
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each time a user interacts with a geographical sub-region of a plurality of sub-regions in a software application, recording a log record for said geographical sub-region in a popularity data store storing popularity information for each of the plurality of geographical sub-regions; and determining a popularity score for the geographical sub-region based on the log record representing the user'"'"'s interaction with the geographical sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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