Method and system for presenting information with multiple views

• US 20080052372A1
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Published: 02/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Deorah, Chetana, Kraft, Reiner, Weber, Karon A., Tripodi, Samantha M., Tomkins, Andrew S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,745,162 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

Method and system for presenting information on a user device are disclosed. The method includes collecting a plurality of data objects on the Internet, annotating each data object in the plurality of data objects in accordance with user-defined data and implicit data, wherein the user-defined data and implicit data form metadata associated with the plurality of data objects, creating correlations between the plurality of data objects using the metadata associated with the plurality of data objects, and presenting the plurality of data objects in multiple views on the user device simultaneously according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects.

Claims

1. A method for presenting information on a user device, wherein the user device is connected to one or more data storage servers over the Internet, comprising:

collecting a plurality of data objects on the Internet;

annotating each data object in the plurality of data objects in accordance with user-defined data and implicit data, wherein the user-defined data and implicit data form metadata associated with the plurality of data objects;

creating correlations between the plurality of data objects using the metadata associated with the plurality of data objects; and

presenting the plurality of data objects in multiple views on the user device simultaneously according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein creating correlations between the plurality of data objects comprises:

creating implicit relations between the plurality of data objects.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein creating correlations between the plurality of data objects further comprises:

creating explicit relations between the plurality of data objects.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple views comprise at least two visual representations selected from the group consisting of a calendar view, a map view, a grid view, and a list view.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the calendar view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of a synchronization view, a planning view, an event management view, a timestamp view, and a transaction history view.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the map view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of points of interests, orientations of the map, projection of the map, itinerary of events, and chronological occurrence of events.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the grid view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of a comparison view, a gestalt view, a sort view, a distribution view, and an access view.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the list view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of an agenda view, an itinerary view, a process view, an inventory view, and a list of results view.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the data objects comprises:

presenting the data objects in multiple views according to user-defined priority preferences.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the data objects further comprises:

presenting the data objects in multiple views according to computer-generated priority preferences.

11. A computer program product for presenting information on a user device, comprising a medium storing computer programs for execution by one or more computer systems, the computer program product comprising:

code for collecting a plurality of data objects on the Internet;

code for annotating each data object in the plurality of data objects in accordance with user-defined data and implicit data, wherein the user-defined data and implicit data form metadata associated with the plurality of data objects;

code for creating correlations between the plurality of data objects using the metadata associated with the plurality of data objects; and

code for presenting the plurality of data objects in multiple views on the user device simultaneously according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the code for creating correlations between the plurality of data objects comprises:

code for creating implicit relations between the plurality of data objects.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the code for creating correlations between the plurality of data objects further comprises:

code for creating explicit relations between the plurality of data objects.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the multiple views comprise at least two visual representations selected from the group consisting of a calendar view, a map view, a grid view, and a list view.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the calendar view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of a synchronization view, a planning view, an event management view, a timestamp view, and a transaction history view.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the map view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of points of interests, orientations of the map, projection of the map, itinerary of events, and chronological occurrence of events.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the grid view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of a comparison view, a gestalt view, a sort view, a distribution view, and an access view.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the list view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of an agenda view, an itinerary view, a process view, an inventory view, and a list of results view.

19. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the code for presenting the data objects comprises:

code for presenting the data objects in multiple views according to user-defined priority preferences.

20. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the code for presenting the data objects further comprises:

code for presenting the data objects in multiple views according to computer-generated priority preferences.

21. A method for presenting information on a user device, wherein the user device is connected to one or more data storage servers over the Internet, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of data objects on the Internet;

identifying correlations between the plurality of data objects using the metadata associated with the plurality of data objects; and

presenting the plurality of data objects in multiple views on the user device simultaneously according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects.