NETWORK RATING VISUALIZATION

• US 20090122065A1
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Jastrebski, Grahame Andrew, Riccomini, Chris, Patil, Dhanurjay A.S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,791,948 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

In one example embodiment, a system and method is shown as including identifying a context set data defining a context within which a person resides. Next, an operation is executed so as to retrieve the context set data that includes person data and relationship between persons data, the relationship between persons data including certain characteristics that define the person in the context set. An operation may be executed so as to perform a set operation on the person in the context set so as to generate a graph set. Further, an operation may be executed to render a graphical representation of the context set.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

retrieving a context set that includes person data and relationship data;

performing a set operation on the person data and the relationship data to generate a graph set; and

rendering a graphical representation of the graph set.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein person data includes at least one of the following types of data:

a unique account identifier value, a social security number, a date of birth, or a physical address value.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the relationship data includes at least one of the following types of data geographical location data, an account data, financial institution data, or time of day data.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the set operation includes at least one of the following operations:

a union operation, an intersection operation, a set difference operation, a Cartesian product operation, or a join operation.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the graph set includes a first set of person data related to a second set of person data through the relationship data.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising generating a graph set file, containing the graph set, the graph set file formatted in at least one of the following file formats:

an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format, or a character delimited flat file format.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6 further comprising:

parsing the graph set file to retrieve the person data and relationship data;

displaying the person data as nodes in a graph; and

displaying the relationship data as at least one edge in the graph.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the at least one edge is a directed edge representing a transaction between the nodes.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the at least one edge is colored to represent a specific types of relationship between nodes.

10. A computer system comprising:

a retriever to retrieve a context set that includes person data and relationship data;

a set engine to perform a set operation on the person data and the relationship data to generate a graph set; and

a rendering engine to render a graphical representation of the graph set.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein person data includes at least one of the following types of data:

a unique account identifier value, a social security number, a date of birth, or a physical address value.

12. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the relationship data includes at least one of the following types of data geographical location data, an account data, financial institution data, or time of day data.

13. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the set operation includes at least one of the following operations:

a union operation, an intersection operation, a set difference operation, a Cartesian product operation, or a join operation.

14. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the graph set includes a first set of person data related to a second set of person data through the relationship data.

15. The computer system of claim 10, further comprising a graphics engine to generate a graph set file, containing the graph set, the graph set file formatted in at least one of the following file formats:

an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format, or a character delimited flat file format.

16. The computer system of claim 15 further comprising:

a parser to parse the graph set file to retrieve the person data and relationship data;

a display to display the person data as nodes in a graph; and

a display to display the relationship data as at least one edge in the graph.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the at least one edge is a directed edge representing a transaction between the nodes.

18. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the at least one edge is colored to represent a specific types of relationship between nodes.

19. An apparatus comprising:

means for retrieving a context set that includes person data and relationship data;

means for performing a set operation on the person data and the relationship data to generate a graph set; and

means for rendering a graphical representation of the graph set.

20. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more machines cause the one or more machines to perform the following operations:

retrieving a context set that includes person data and relationship data;

performing a set operation on the person data and the relationship data to generate a graph set; and

rendering a graphical representation of the graph set.