Navigation device for organizing entities in a data space and related methods as well as a computer having the navigation device

• US 20120017145A1
• Filed: 10/16/2009
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christian Krois, Klaus Gasteier
• Original Assignee: Christian Krois, Klaus Gasteier
• Inventors: Krois, Christian, Gasteier, Klaus
• Granted Patent: US 9,245,055 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results

Abstract

A great difficulty, for example, is to arrange and display inconsistent and uncontrolled metafiles having weak structures, as they are found on YouTube, for example. This is due, among other things, to the fact that no uniform ontology or editorial processing of the metafiles is provided for. In addition, it is also not possible to produce algorithmically generated consistent ontologies. The invention therefore relates to a navigation device for arranging entities in a data space, wherein the navigation device comprises a distribution unit and a display unit, and the display unit shows a rigid, geometrical grid, wherein the distribution unit determines and displays preferential entities. In this way, the chaos in the metafiles is removed by structuring, and navigation in the data space is enabled.

Claims

1. A navigation device for organizing entities in a data space, this navigation device having a distribution unit and a display unit and the display unit displaying a rigid, geometrical grid, the rigid geometrical grid having a central field and a first field circle with associated first circle fields, the first circle field being disposed around the central field and more than two central field preference orders being allocated to the central field, an associated central field preference vector being allocated in the rigid, geometrical grid to each of these central field preference orders, the distribution unit determining one or two preference entities for each central field preference order in the data space and displaying this preference entity in the first circle field into which the central field preference vector is pointing, or displaying the two preference entities in adjacent first circle fields, the borders of which overlap with the central field preference vector.

2. The navigation device according to claim 1, a free field preference entity being determined by means of the distribution unit for free first circle fields, this determination occurring by means of the preference vector product of the adjacent central field preference orders associated with the central field preference vectors.

16. A computer with a processing unit and a monitor, the navigation device according to one of the claims 1 to 15 being implemented on the computer, the monitor taking over the function of the display unit and the processing unit the function of the distribution unit and the computer having access to entities in a data space.

17. The computer according to claim 16, the computer having input means.

18. The computer according to claim 17, a first circle field or a second circle field or a circle field being selectable by means of the input means.

19. A method for modifying a central field in a navigation device according to one of the claims 1 to 15, a first circle field or a second circle field or a circle field being selected and displayed as a central field.

20. The method according to claim 19, preference entities of the new first circle fields and/or the new second circle fields and/or the new circle fields being at least partially determined by the distribution unit.

21. The method according to claim 20, the preference entities being displayed in the new first circle fields and the new second circle fields and the new circle fields.

22. The method according to one of the claims 19 to 21, a computer according to one of the claims 16 to 18 being used for implementing the method.

23. A communication display method, the most recent communication information being displayed in the navigation device according to one of the claims 1 to 15 in the first field circle and older communication information being displayed offset in outlying fields.

24. A communication surveillance display method, the most recent communication information of an interesting entity being displayed in the navigation device according to one of the claims 1 to 15 in the first circle and older communication information of this interesting entity being displayed offset in outlying fields.

3. The navigation device according to one of the afore-mentioned claims, a second field circle with associated second circle fields being disposed around the first circle field.

4. The navigation device according to claim 3, the number of second circle fields being greater or equal to the number of first circle fields.

5. The navigation device according to one of the afore-mentioned claims, one or several first circle field preference orders with a respective first circle field preference vector being allocated to one or several first circle fields.

6. The navigation device according to claim 5, the distribution unit determining one or two first circle field preference entities for each first circle field preference order in the data space and displaying these first circle field preference entities in the second circle field into which the first circle field preference vector is pointing or displaying the two first circle field preference entities in adjacent second circle fields, the borders of which overlap with the first circle field preference vector.

7. The navigation device according to claim 6, the free field preference entity for free second circle fields being determined by means of the distribution unit, this determination occurring by means of the preference vector product of the preference vectors of adjacent preference orders.

8. The navigation device according to claim 7, the preference vectors including the central preference vectors and/or the first circle preference vectors.

9. The navigation device according to one of the afore-mentioned claims, further field circles with further fields being disposed around the second field circle.

10. The navigation device according to claim 9, the further field circles being partly displayed in the rigid, geometrical grid.

11. The navigation device according to one of the afore-mentioned claim 9 or 10, the number of fields of a further field circle being greater or equal to the number of a field circle located further inward.

12. The navigation device according to one of the claims 9 to 11, one field preference order or several field preference orders with respective field preference vectors being allocated respectively to one or several fields, the respective field preference vector pointing away from the central field.

13. The navigation device according to claim 12, the distribution unit determining one or two field preference entities for each field preference order in the data space and displaying these field preference entities in the further fields into which the field preference vector is pointing, or displaying the two field preference entities in adjacent circle fields, which overlap with the field preference vector.

14. The navigation device according to claim 13, the field preference entity for free circle fields being determined by the distribution unit, this determination occurring by means of the preference vector product of the preference vectors of adjacent preference orders.

15. The navigation device according to claim 14, the preference vectors comprising the central preference vectors and/or the first field preference vectors and/or the field preference vectors.