System for viewing complex data

• US 20080263478A1
• Filed: 08/02/2007
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David N. Sporkin
• Original Assignee: David N. Sporkin
• Inventors: Sporkin, David N.
• Application Number:
  US11/888,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263478A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/835
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

The present invention comprises a computer program and system that is designed to allow a user to view complex data easily. The program is targeted at displaying information that represents the movement of information from one place, computer, data store, or account, to another. Examples of things that can be viewed include E-mails, Phone Records, Accounting Records and others. This can be used for investigation purposes, since it allows the ties between employees to be uncovered quickly. Equally important for investigations is the ability to change the focus from the owner of the mailbox to that of the correspondents. This allows the tracking of activities of the outside contact in the organization. This would also be useful for viewing ones own mailbox, when you know that you'"'"'re looking for a memo that came from someone in particular, this visual representation makes it much easier to traverse emails than conventional list formats.

Claims

1. A method of visually organizing, displaying and reviewing a number of computerized transactions wherein a target is represented as a hub and sources of transaction traffic are represented as ends of spokes, which radiate from the hub.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the number of hits for each source of traffic with respect to the target is displayed in connection with the spoke for that source of traffic.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein clicking a spoke drills down through the sources of traffic associated with that spoke.

4. A method according to claim 3 wherein clicking a source of traffic at the end of a spoke centers the communications data around that source of traffic, represented as a new hub.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the target is a first person represented as a hub and the sources of traffic are people with whom the first person had email correspondence in a given time period, the number associated with each spoke is the number of email correspondence between the first person and a second person at the end of a spoke, wherein clicking the spoke will list the email correspondence between the first person and the second person, and wherein clicking the end of the spoke will make the second person the new target of the communications data, showing with whom the second person has had email correspondence.

6. A method according to claim 4, wherein the target is a first object represented as a hub and the sources of traffic have had one or more connections with the target in a given time period, the number associated with each spoke is the number of connections between the first object and a source of traffic at the end of a spoke, wherein clicking the spoke will list the connections between the first object and the source of traffic, and wherein clicking the end of the spoke will make the source of traffic become a second object, which is a new hub, showing with new sources of traffic with which the second object has had connections.

7. A method according to claim 4, wherein the target is a first person represented as a hub and the sources of traffic are people with whom the first person had telephone conversations in a given time period, the number associated with each spoke is the number of telephone conversations between the first person and a second person at the end of a spoke, wherein clicking the spoke will list the telephone conversations between the first person and the second person, and wherein clicking the end of the spoke will make the second person a new target, the new hub person, showing with whom the second person has had telephone conversations.

8. A method according to claim 4, wherein the number of spokes and the corresponding end point sources of traffic are filtered.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the filter is for a property of the traffic between the target at the hub and the sources of traffic.

10. A method according to claim 8 wherein the filter is for a range of dates.

11. A method according to claim 8, wherein the filter is for the number of hits for each spoke being greater than a given number.

12. A method according to claim 8, wherein the filter if for the number of hits for each spoke being equal to a certain number.

13. A method according to claim 8, wherein the filter is for the number of hits for each spoke being less than a certain number.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of each spoke is representative of the amount of traffic between the target and the source of traffic associated with that spoke.

15. A method according to claim 1, wherein the length of each spoke is representative of the amount of traffic between the target and the source of traffic associated with that spoke.

16. A method according to claim 1, wherein the size of each end point is representative of the amount of traffic between the target and the source of traffic associated with that end point.

17. A method according to claim 1 wherein the target comprises a group of two or more members and the transactions are with any member of the group.

18. A method of visually organizing, displaying and reviewing a number of computerized transactions wherein a target is represented as a central point and sources of transaction traffic are represented as the remote ends of lines, which emanate from the central point.

19. A method according to claim 18, wherein the number of hits for each source of traffic is displayed in connection with the line of that source of traffic.

20. A method according to claim 19, wherein clicking a line drills down through the sources of traffic associated with that line.

21. A method according to claim 20 wherein clicking a source of traffic at the end of a line centers the search around that source of traffic, represented as a central point.

22. A method according to claim 21, wherein the number of lines and the corresponding end point sources of traffic are filtered.

23. A method according to claim 22, wherein the filter is for a property of the traffic between the target at the hub and the sources of traffic.

24. A method according to claim 18, wherein the thickness of each line is representative of the amount of traffic between the target and the source of traffic associated with that line.

25. A method according to claim 18, wherein the length of each line is representative of the amount of traffic between the target and the source of traffic associated with that line.

26. A method according to claim 18, wherein the size of each end point is representative of the amount of traffic between the target and the source of traffic associated with that end point.

27. A method according to claim 18 wherein the target comprises a group of two or more members and the transactions are with any member of the group.