ZOOM FOR ANNOTATABLE MARGINS

• US 20090254867A1
• Filed: 04/03/2008
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Lawler, Stephen L., Szeliski, Richard Stephen, Flake, Gary W., Drucker, Steven, Farouki, Karim, Lindsay, Donald James, Brewer, Brett D., Chor, Anthony T., Lazier, Ariel J., Arcas, Blaise Aguera y
• Application Number:
  US12/062,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20090254867A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/853
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates interacting with a portion of data that includes pyramidal volumes of data. A portion of image data can represent a computer displayable multiscale image with at least two substantially parallel planes of view in which a first plane and a second plane are alternatively displayable based upon a level of zoom and which are related by a pyramidal volume, wherein the multiscale image includes a pixel at a vertex of the pyramidal volume. An edit component can receive and incorporate an annotation to the multiscale image corresponding to at least one of the two substantially parallel planes of view. A display engine can display the annotation on the multiscale image based upon navigation to the parallel plane of view corresponding to such annotation.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system that facilitates interacting with a portion of data that includes pyramidal volumes of data, comprising:

a portion of image data that represents a computer displayable multiscale image with at least two substantially parallel planes of view in which a first plane and a second plane are alternatively displayable based upon a level of zoom and which are related by a pyramidal volume, the multiscale image includes a pixel at a vertex of the pyramidal volume;

an edit component that receives and incorporates an annotation to the multiscale image corresponding to at least one of the two substantially parallel planes of view; and

a display engine that displays the annotation on the multiscale image based upon navigation to the parallel plane of view corresponding to such annotation.

2. The system of claim 1, the second plane of view displays a portion of the first plane of view at one of a different scale or a different resolution.

3. The system of claim 1, the second plane of view displays a portion of the multiscale image that is graphically or visually unrelated to the first plane of view.

4. The system of claim 1, the second plane of view displays a portion of an annotation that is disparate than the portion of an annotation associated with the first plan of view.

5. The system of claim 1, the display engine employs a zoom out on the multiscale image to generate space, the generated space provides at least one of real estate to enable an annotation to be embedded or exposure of an annotation associated with a level of the zoom out on the multiscale image.

6. The system of claim 1, the display engine employs a zoom in on the multiscale image to reveal space, the space provides at least one of real estate to enable an annotation to be embedded or exposure of an annotation associated with a level of the zoom out on the multiscale image.

7. The system of claim 1, the annotation is embedded into the multiscale image without obstructing a portion of data associated with an initial view of the multiscale image prior to a zoom.

8. The system of claim 1, the image data representing the multiscale image is a portion of viewable data that can be annotated, the portion of viewable data is associated with at least one of a web page, a web site, a document, a portion of a graphic, a portion of text, a trade card, or a portion of video.

9. The system of claim 1, the annotation is at least one of a portion of text, a portion of handwriting, a portion of a graphic, a portion of audio, or a portion of video.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising an annotation definer that manages at least one annotation area related to the multiscale image, the management includes at least one of definition of annotation space or a restriction of annotation space.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a cloud that hosts at least one of the display engine, the edit component, or the multiscale image, wherein the cloud is at least one resource that is maintained by a party and accessible by an identified user over a network.

12. The system of claim 1, the display engine implements a seamless transition between annotations located on a plurality of planes of view, the seamless transition is provided by a transitioning effect that is at least one of a fade, a transparency effect, a color manipulation, a blurry-to-sharp effect, a sharp-to-blurry effect, a growing effect, or a shrinking effect.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising a powder ski streamer component that indicates to a user whether an annotation exists if a zoom in is performed on the multiscale image, the powder ski streamer is at least one of a graphic, a portion of video, an overlay, a pop-up window, or a portion of audio.

14. The system of claim 1, the annotation corresponds to at least one of a view level or a plane view on the multiscale image and a context of the annotation.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising a filter that employs at least one of a limitation of an amount of annotations or an increase of an amount of annotations, the filter is based upon at least one of a user preference, a default setting, a relationship, a relationship within a network community, a user-defined relationship, a relationship within a social network, a contact, an affiliation with an address book, a relationship within an online community, or a geographic location.

16. The system of claim 1, the annotation includes descriptive data indicative of a source of the annotation, the descriptive data is at least one of an avatar, a tag, a portion of text, a website, a web page, a time, a date, a name, a department within a business, a location, a position within a company, a portion of contact information, a portion of biographical information, or an availability status.

17. A computer-implemented method that facilitates integrating data onto a portion of viewable data, comprising:

receiving a portion of navigation data and a portion of annotation data related to the portion of viewable data;

incorporating the portion of annotation data onto the viewable data, the annotation data corresponds to a particular navigated location and view level on the viewable data; and

displaying the annotation data upon navigation to the particular navigated location and view level on the viewable data.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising smoothly transitioning between a first annotation on a first view level on the viewable data and a second annotation on a second view level on the viewable data.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising indicating to a user that an annotation exists on the viewable data if a zoom in is performed.

20. A computer-implemented system that facilitates annotating data within a computing environment, comprising:

means for representing a computer displayable multiscale image with at least two substantially parallel planes of view in which a first plane and a second plane are alternatively displayable based upon a level of zoom and which are related by a pyramidal volume, the image includes a pixel at a vertex of the pyramidal volume;

means for receiving an annotation;

means for incorporating the annotation to the multiscale;

means for linking the annotation to at least one of the two substantially parallel planes of view; and

means for displaying the annotation on the multiscale image based upon navigation to the parallel plane of view linked to such annotation.