METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING THE DISPLAY OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA
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1. A computer implemented process for customizing the display of a tag cloud, the computer implemented process comprising:
- displaying an interactive legend, wherein a user can map display characteristics to a plurality of tag attributes; and
generating a tag cloud, wherein each tag is displayed using the mapped display characteristics.
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Abstract
A Tag Cloud Customizer (TCC) provides an interactive legend and a tag cloud generator that allows a user to customize a tag cloud. The interactive legend allows users to map custom display characteristics to a plurality of tag attributes. The tag cloud generator creates a custom tag cloud using the custom display characteristics. The user can also sort the order of tags in the tag cloud by any of the plurality of tag attributes. In one embodiment of TCC, the user can define a custom tag attribute.
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1. A computer implemented process for customizing the display of a tag cloud, the computer implemented process comprising:
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displaying an interactive legend, wherein a user can map display characteristics to a plurality of tag attributes; and generating a tag cloud, wherein each tag is displayed using the mapped display characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for customizing the display of a tag cloud, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor; a memory connected to the processor; an indexing application running in the memory, operable to extract tags from a collection of items and collect usage statistics related to each item; a tag table file in the memory containing the indexed tags and statistics; and a tag cloud customizer program in the memory operable to display an interactive legend, wherein a user can map display characteristics to a plurality of tag attributes and generate a tag cloud, wherein each tag is displayed using the mapped display characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable memory containing a plurality of instructions to cause a computer to customize the display of a tag cloud, the plurality of instructions comprising:
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a first instruction to display an interactive legend containing a list of display characteristics and a list of tag attributes; a second instruction to read a user defined mapping of display characteristics to a plurality of tag attributes; and a third instruction to generate a tag cloud, wherein each tag is displayed using the mapped display characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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