SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZATION OF TAG METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA EVENT

• US 20120030244A1
• Filed: 07/30/2010
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: JOHN, Ajita, KELKAR, Shreeharsh, SELIGMANN, Doree Duncan
• Granted Patent: US 10,970,357 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/797
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A system and method are provided for summarizing multiple aspects of tags associated with media events. In the system and method, tag metadata for tags generated at one or more user interfaces associated with at least one media event is obtained. Thereafter, tags are organized into a hierarchy of tags based on the metadata and a metadata sorting criteria. Additionally, tag significance data for tags is computed based on the metadata and the hierarchy. A visual representation of the tags can then be generated, where indicia for the tags is spatially arranged to visually depict the hierarchy of the tags are selected to visually depict at least a relative significance among sibling tags in the hierarchy.

Claims

1. A method for summarizing multiple aspects of tags associated with media events, the method comprising:

obtaining tag metadata for a plurality of tags generated at at least one user interface associated with at least one media event;

organizing the plurality of tags into a hierarchy of tags based on the metadata and a plurality of metadata sorting criteria;

computing tag significance data for the plurality of tags based on the metadata and the hierarchy of tags; and

generating a visual representation of the plurality of tags, wherein a plurality of indicia for the plurality of tags are spatially arranged to visually depict the hierarchy of the tags, and wherein the plurality of indicia for the plurality of tags are selected to visually depict at least a relative significance among sibling tags in the hierarchy of tags.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the visual representation further comprises depicting the relative significance of the plurality of tags by adjusting at least one of a size, a shape, a style, and a color of each one of the plurality of indicia.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the visual representation further comprises spatially arranging the plurality of indicia to form a treemap of the plurality of indicia, wherein sibling tags in the hierarchy define sibling nodes in the treemap.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating further comprises spatially arranging the plurality of indicia to form a set diagram of the plurality of indicia, wherein each group of sibling tags in the hierarchy define a group of sibling subsets for the set diagram.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the group of sibling subsets in the set diagram are further spatially arranged to form a facet diagram.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one characteristic of the plurality of indicia for the sibling subsets and a corresponding parent subset is different.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein a boundary line for the sibling subsets and a boundary line for a parent subset of the sibling subsets are different.

8. A system for summarizing multiple aspects of a plurality of tags, the system comprising:

a storage element for storing a plurality of metadata sorting criteria and tag metadata for a plurality of tags generated at at least one user interface associated with a media content; and

a processing element communicatively coupled to the storage element, wherein the processing element is configured for;

organizing the plurality of tags into a hierarchy of tags based on the metadata and a plurality of metadata sorting criteria;

computing tag significance data for the plurality of tags based on the metadata and the hierarchy of tags; and

causing a user interface to display the visual representation of the of the plurality of tags, wherein a plurality of indicia for the plurality of tags are spatially arranged to visually depict the hierarchy of the tags, and wherein the plurality of indicia for the plurality of tags are selected to visually depict at least a relative significance among sibling tags in the hierarchy of tags.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing element is further configured for depicting the relative significance of the plurality of tags by adjusting at least one of a size, a shape, and a color of each one of the plurality of indicia.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing element is further configured for spatially arranging the plurality of indicia to form a treemap of the plurality of indicia, wherein sibling tags in the hierarchy define sibling nodes in the treemap.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing element is further configured for spatially arranging the plurality of indicia to form a set diagram of the plurality of indicia, wherein each group of sibling tags in the hierarchy defines a group of sibling subsets for the set diagram.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the group of sibling subsets in the set diagram are further spatially arranged to form a nested facet diagram.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one characteristic of the plurality of indicia for the group of sibling subsets and a corresponding parent subset is different.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein a set outline for the group of sibling subsets and a set outline for a corresponding parent subset are different.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to summarize multiple aspects of tags associated with media events, the instructions comprising:

receiving tag metadata for a plurality of tags generated at at least one user interface associated with at least one media event;

organizing the plurality of tags into a hierarchy of tags based on the metadata and a plurality of metadata sorting criteria;

computing tag significance data for the plurality of tags based on the metadata and the hierarchy of tags; and

generating a visual representation of the plurality of tags, wherein a plurality of indicia for the plurality of tags are spatially arranged to visually depict the hierarchy of the tags, and wherein the plurality of indicia for the plurality of tags are selected to visually depict at least a relative significance among sibling tags in the hierarchy of tags.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions for generating further comprise instructions for depicting the relative significance of the plurality of tags by adjusting at least one of a size, a shape, a style, and a color of each one of the plurality of indicia.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the step of generating further comprises spatially arranging the plurality of indicia to form a treemap of the plurality of indicia, wherein sibling tags in the hierarchy define sibling nodes in the treemap.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions for generating further comprise instructions for spatially arranging the plurality of indicia to form a set diagram of the plurality of indicia, wherein each group of sibling tags in the hierarchy defines a group of sibling subsets for the set diagram.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions for generating further comprise instructions for spatially arranging the group of sibling subsets in the set diagram to form a facet diagram.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions for generating further comprise instructions for specifying a boundary line for the sibling subsets that is different from a boundary line for a parent subset of the sibling subsets.