TOOL AND METHOD FOR MAPPING AND VIEWING AN EVENT
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1. A tool for mapping an event, comprising:
- a map generator for generating an event map;
a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of said event map; and
a display device for displaying said zoomable and pannable view of said event map.
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Abstract
A tool for mapping an event includes a map generator for generating an event map, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and in another aspect, a tool for annotating an event map includes a map generator for generating an event map, an annotating unit for annotating the event map based on a user input, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map.
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25 Claims
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1. A tool for mapping an event, comprising:
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a map generator for generating an event map; a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of said event map; and a display device for displaying said zoomable and pannable view of said event map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of mapping an event, comprising:
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generating an event map; generating a zoomable and pannable view of said event map; and displaying said zoomable and pannable view of said event map. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A tool for mapping an event, comprising:
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a map generator for generating an event map; a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of said event map; a display device for displaying said zoomable and pannable view of said event map; and a customizing unit for customizing said view of said event map based on one of user data pertaining to a user, attendance data pertaining to an attendee of said event, data pertaining to said event, and data pertaining to a portion of said event, wherein said customizing said view of said event map comprises customizing said view of said event map before said event, such that said customized view of said event map comprises an identifier for identifying at least one of; a session that has been marked as being of interest; a conflict among plural sessions that have been marked as being of interest; a location in a planogram of a session that has been marked as being of interest; and a location in a planogram of a structure housing an attendee of said event, and wherein said zoomable and pannable view is zoomable by using one of a literal zoom in which a content of said event map is magnified and displayed with a higher drawing resolution, and a semantic zoom in which a different amount of information is displayed when a user zooms in on said event map.
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24. A system for mapping an event comprising:
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an event server for storing event data; a processing device for inputting user data, said processing device being connected to said event server via a network; a tool for mapping an event, said tool being connected to said event server and said processing device via said network, and comprising; a map generator for generating an event map; a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of said event map; and a display device for displaying said zoomable and pannable view of said event map.
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25. A programmable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method of mapping an event, said method comprising:
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generating an event map; generating a zoomable and pannable view of said event map; and displaying said zoomable and pannable view of said event map.
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