System and Method for the Automated Capture and Clustering of User Activities
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1. A data processing method, comprising:
- capturing activities performed by at least one user;
clustering said captured activities based on shared commonality; and
filtering said captured activities by parameters of interest.
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Abstract
An electronic chronicling system and method that allows user actions performed by individuals, groups, or organizations to be automatically captured and grouped into chronicles based on activities, sub-activities and super-activities. The captured activities can then be filtered, viewed and navigated by a visualization and navigation mechanism to determine the relationships between activities and the time and resources spent on the various activities at fine levels of granularity and over various periods of time. The system allows users to gain greater insight into the relationship and resources spent on various activities in order to improve activity and process management efficiencies.
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1. A data processing method, comprising:
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capturing activities performed by at least one user; clustering said captured activities based on shared commonality; and filtering said captured activities by parameters of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A data processing method, comprising:
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providing one or more captured activities; filtering said captured activities by parameters of interest; navigating said captured activities in order to analyze user activities; and utilizing said captured activities to improve activity management. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A visualization and navigation mechanism for browsing captured activities or events in a chronicle repository of a data processing system, comprising:
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a first navigation bar in communication with a chronicle repository that flexibly focuses a search of events stored in said repository at a first varying degree of abstraction; a second navigation bar in communication with said chronicle repository that flexibly focuses a search of events stored in said repository at a second varying degree of abstraction; and a display window adjacent said first and second navigation bars that displays selected events, wherein the original application of said selected events are launched in said display window by right-clicking the selected event. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
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capture activities performed by at least one user; cluster said captured activities based on shared commonality; filter said clustered activities by parameters of interest; navigate said filtered activities to analyze said captured activities; and utilize said captured activities to improve activity management.
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