Scannable Cloud

• US 20100131899A1
• Filed: 10/16/2009
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Darwin Ecosystem LLC
• Original Assignee: Darwin Ecosystem LLC
• Inventors: Hubert, Thierry
• Application Number:
  US12/580,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20100131899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/823
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/86 Mapping to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method presenting to a user a tag cloud; wherein the tag cloud keywords'"'"' are highlighted based on its correlated records through a passive selection (mouse-over or touchscreen swipe); as well as highlighting its related records list(s) capable of representing the records'"'"' relationships within the tag cloud; and this method presents to a user a tag cloud; wherein an active selection (click of a mouse or a touchscreen tap) of a tag or a listed record further filters the list(s) of related records; whereas the tag cloud uncorrelated tags to an active selection remain visible and available for a selection.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting to a user a tag cloud capable of highlighting correlations;

wherein the tag cloud contains the relationships awaiting the user'"'"'s passive (mouse-over) or active selection;

selecting a keyword presents the user with correlated and highlighted keywords contained in the tag cloud.

2. The method in claim 1, further comprising highlighting related items displayed in the record list(s);

and selecting a keyword filters the record list(s) to the specific items that are exclusive to the selection; and

where subsequent keyword selections further refine the filtered record list items.

3. The method in claim 1, further comprising a passive user selection (mouse-over) of an item in a record list highlights its related keyword(s) displayed in the tag cloud.

4. The method in claim 1, a selection can occur from a pointing device capable of overing or selecting a keyword or item on a display device.

5. The method in claim 1, executed by a computer.

6. The method in claim 1, wherein the relationships are predefined.

7. The method in claim 1, wherein the tag clouds and record lists are from the same system.

8. A system that executes the method of claim 1.

9. A method comprising:

presenting to a user a tag cloud from a all-inclusive or filtered item selection;

wherein the tag cloud comprises the correlated relationships between the records items and its keywords; and

presenting the user with highlighted keywords and record list items during the user'"'"'s selection of the tag cloud keyword(s) or a record list item; and

presenting the user a tag cloud that remains whole for further selection and browsing while maintaining its initial keyword presentation.