INTEGRATED DISPLAY AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA OBJECTS BASED ON SOCIAL, TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PARAMETERS

• US 20100058196A1
• Filed: 09/02/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: White, John Alex JR., KRISHNAN, KULATHUMANI, Maggenti, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,302,015 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/747
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

An embodiment is directed to displaying information to a user of a communications device. The communications device receives a query including a social parameter, a temporal parameter and a spatial parameter relative to the user that are indicative of a desired visual representation of a set of data objects. The communications device determines degrees to which the social, temporal and spatial parameters of the query are related to each of the set of data objects in social, temporal and spatial dimensions, respectively. The communications device displaying a first visual representation of at least a portion of the set of data objects to the user based on whether the determined degrees of relation in the social dimension, temporal dimension and spatial dimension satisfy the respective parameters of the query.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information to a user of a communications device, comprising:

receiving a query including a social parameter, a temporal parameter and a spatial parameter relative to the user that are indicative of a desired visual representation of a set of data objects;

determining degrees to which the social, temporal and spatial parameters of the query are related to each of the set of data objects in social, temporal and spatial dimensions, respectively; and

displaying a first visual representation of at least a portion of the set of data objects to the user based on whether the determined degrees of relation in the social dimension, temporal dimension and spatial dimension satisfy the respective parameters of the query.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying one or more of the parameters of the query; and

transitioning from displaying the first visual representation to displaying a second visual representation, the second visual representation configured to display another portion of the set of data objects based on whether the determined degrees in the social dimension, temporal dimension and/or spatial dimension satisfy the one or more modified parameters of the query.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein modifying the one or more parameters of the query corresponds to a first expansion of a range of degrees that will satisfy one of the temporal parameter, spatial parameter or social parameter of the query.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

expanding the range of degrees that will satisfy one or more of the other parameters of the query, while maintaining the first expansion.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein modifying the one or more parameters of the query corresponds to a reduction of a range of degrees that will satisfy one or more of the temporal parameter, spatial parameter and/or social parameter of the query.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the modifying step modifies less than all of the parameters of the query, such that at least one parameter of the query is modified and at least one parameter of the query remains unmodified.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein modifying the one or more parameters of the query corresponds to a shifting of a range of degrees that will satisfy one of the temporal parameter, spatial parameter or social parameter of the query.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of data objects includes at least one of activities, multimedia files or socially networked contacts of the user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the determined degree to which the user is related in the social dimension to a given data object of an activity corresponds to a level of interest the user is expected to have in the activity.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the determined degree to which the user is related in the social dimension to a given data object of a socially networked contact corresponds to how important the socially networked contact is expected to be to the user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein temporal and spatial information associated with a given data object are compared with the temporal and spatial parameters, respectively, of the query to determine the degrees of relation of the query to the given data object.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the given data object is a socially networked contact of the user, and the temporal and spatial information is the location of the socially networked contact at one or more time periods.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the query includes temporal, spatial, and social parameters indicative of a time, location and social relationship of interest, and the portion of the set of data objects displayed are based on the correspondence of the determined degrees to the query parameters.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the temporal, spatial, and social parameters of the query include a specified date, a city and friends of the user, respectively, and wherein the portion of the set of data objects includes data objects having a degree in the social dimension as friend, and degrees in the spatial and temporal dimension as near the city on the specified date.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one artifact is displayed in the first visual representation, wherein the at least one artifact conveys visually recognizable information and is related to the at least one data object or the user.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the artifact would assume the characteristics of other similar artifacts associated with the selected degree,

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one data object corresponds to a socially networked contact of the user, and the at least one artifact corresponds to a picture related to the socially networked contact.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one data object corresponds to an activity, and the at least one artifact corresponds to a picture related to the activity.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

designating at least one of the set of data objects as a target data object of a message to be built in a staging area;

selecting at least one data object as an attachment to the message;

adding the at least one data object to the staging area;

attaching each added data object in the staging area to a message; and

sending the message including each attached data object to the at least one target data object.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a message from a transmitting data object, the received message including an at least one attached data object;

displaying a notification of the received message based at least in part upon attributes of the transmitting data object;

extracting the at least one attached data object from the received message; and

displaying each extracted data object based at least in part upon attributes of the extracted data object.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein attributes of at least one of the set of data objects which are used in the determining step to determine the degrees to which the social, temporal and spatial parameters of the query are related to the at least one data object are modifiable by the user.

22. A communications device configured to display information to a user, comprising:

means for receiving a query including a social parameter, a temporal parameter and a spatial parameter relative to the user that are indicative of a desired visual representation of a set of data objects;

means for determining degrees to which the social, temporal and spatial parameters of the query are related to each of the set of data objects in social, temporal and spatial dimensions, respectively; and

means for displaying a first visual representation of at least a portion of the set of data objects to the user based on whether the determined degrees of relation in the social dimension, temporal dimension and spatial dimension satisfy the respective parameters of the query.

23. The communications device of claim 22, further comprising:

means for designating at least one of the set of data objects as a target data object of a message to be built in a staging area;

means for selecting at least one data object as an attachment to the message;

means for adding the at least one data object to the staging area;

means for attaching each added data object in the staging area to a message; and

means for sending the message including each attached data object to the at least one target data object.

24. The communications device of claim 22, further comprising:

means for receiving a message from a transmitting data object, the received message including an at least one attached data object;

means for displaying a notification of the received message based at least in part upon attributes of the transmitting data object;

means for extracting the at least one attached data object from the received message; and

means for displaying each extracted data object based at least in part upon attributes of the extracted data object.

25. A communications device configured to display information to a user, comprising:

logic configured to receive a query including a social parameter, a temporal parameter and a spatial parameter relative to the user that are indicative of a desired visual representation of a set of data objects;

logic configured to determine degrees to which the social, temporal and spatial parameters of the query are related to each of the set of data objects in social, temporal and spatial dimensions, respectively; and

logic configured to display a first visual representation of at least a portion of the set of data objects to the user based on whether the determined degrees of relation in the social dimension, temporal dimension and spatial dimension satisfy the respective parameters of the query.

26. The communications device of claim 25, further comprising:

logic configured to modify one or more of the parameters of the query; and

logic configured to transition from displaying the first visual representation to displaying a second visual representation, the second visual representation configured to display another portion of the set of data objects based on whether the determined degrees in the social dimension, temporal dimension and/or spatial dimension satisfy the one or more modified parameters of the query.

27. The communications device of claim 26, wherein modifying the one or more parameters of the query corresponds to a first expansion of a range of degrees that will satisfy one of the temporal parameter, spatial parameter or social parameter of the query.

28. The communications device of claim 27, further comprising:

logic configured to expand the range of degrees that will satisfy one or more of the other parameters of the query, while maintaining the first expansion.

29. The communications device of claim 26, wherein the logic configured to modify the one or more parameters of the query corresponds to a reduction of a range of degrees that will satisfy one or more of the temporal parameter, spatial parameter and/or social parameter of the query.

30. The communications device of claim 26, wherein the logic configured to modify modifies less than all of the parameters of the query, such that at least one parameter of the query is modified and at least one parameter of the query remains unmodified.

31. The communications device of claim 26, wherein the logic configured to modify the one or more parameters of the query corresponds to a logic configured to shift of a range of degrees that will satisfy one of the temporal parameter, spatial parameter or social parameter of the query.

32. The communications device of claim 25, wherein the set of data objects includes at least one of activities, multimedia files or socially networked contacts of the user.

33. The communications device of claim 32, wherein the determined degree to which the user is related in the social dimension to a given data object of an activity corresponds to a level of interest the user is expected to have in the activity.

34. The communications device of claim 32, wherein the determined degree to which the user is related in the social dimension to a given data object of a socially networked contact corresponds to how important the socially networked contact is expected to be to the user.

35. The communications device of claim 25, wherein temporal and spatial information associated with a given data object are compared with the temporal and spatial parameters, respectively, of the query to determine the degrees of relation of the query to the given data object.

36. The communications device of claim 35, wherein the given data object is a socially networked contact of the user, and the temporal and spatial information is the location of the socially networked contact at one or more time periods.

37. The communications device of claim 35, wherein the query includes temporal, spatial, and social parameters indicative of a time, location and social relationship of interest, and the portion of the set of data objects displayed are based on the correspondence of the determined degrees to the query parameters.

38. The communications device of claim 37, wherein the temporal, spatial, and social parameters of the query include a specified date, a city and friends of the user, respectively, and wherein the portion of the set of data objects includes data objects having a degree in the social dimension as friend, and degrees in the spatial and temporal dimension as near the city on the specified date.

39. The communications device of claim 25, wherein at least one artifact is displayed in the first visual representation, wherein the at least one artifact conveys visually recognizable information and is related to the at least one data object or the user.

40. The communications device of claim 39, wherein the artifact would assume the characteristics of other similar artifacts associated with the selected degree,

41. The communications device of claim 39, wherein the at least one data object corresponds to a socially networked contact of the user, and the at least one artifact corresponds to a picture related to the socially networked contact.

42. The communications device of claim 39, wherein the at least one data object corresponds to an activity, and the at least one artifact corresponds to a picture related to the activity.

43. The communications device of claim 25, further comprising:

logic configured to designate at least one of the set of data objects as a target data object of a message to be built in a staging area;

logic configured to select at least one data object as an attachment to the message;

logic configured to add the at least one data object to the staging area;

logic configured to attach each added data object in the staging area to a message; and

logic configured to send the message including each attached data object to the at least one target data object.

44. The communications device of claim 25, further comprising:

logic configured to receive a message from a transmitting data object, the received message including an at least one attached data object;

logic configured to display a notification of the received message based at least in part upon attributes of the transmitting data object;

logic configured to extract the at least one attached data object from the received message; and

logic configured to display each extracted data object based at least in part upon attributes of the extracted data object.

45. The communications device of claim 25, wherein attributes of at least one of the set of data objects which are used in the determining step to determine the degrees to which the social, temporal and spatial parameters of the query are related to the at least one data object are modifiable by the user.

46. A computer-readable storage medium including instructions, which, when executed by a communications device configured to display information to a user, cause the communications device to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

program code to receive a query including a social parameter, a temporal parameter and a spatial parameter relative to the user that are indicative of a desired visual representation of a set of data objects;

program code to determine degrees to which the social, temporal and spatial parameters of the query are related to each of the set of data objects in social, temporal and spatial dimensions, respectively; and

program code to display a first visual representation of at least a portion of the set of data objects to the user based on whether the determined degrees of relation in the social dimension, temporal dimension and spatial dimension satisfy the respective parameters of the query.