Systems and Methods for Gathering and/or Presenting Information

• US 20120226694A1
• Filed: 05/15/2012
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nicholas C.C. Newlin
• Original Assignee: Nicholas C.C. Newlin
• Inventors: Newlin, Nicholas C. C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,682,878 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods for presenting a quantity of information in a single tool. Such a tool includes a map of various objects, the objects having themes relating to a given overall concept, wherein at least one object contains information relating to other objects that have a relationship with that object.

Claims

1. A system for presenting a quantity of information, the system comprising:

a computer which produces a map of a plurality of variable fields, the plurality of variable fields including a resource field including at least one resource type, a client field including at least one client type, and an access point field including at least one access point type, each variable field having a field identifier, each type within each variable field having a type identifier related to the field identifier, the map having a theme relating to an overall concept, the computer aggregating each type of the plurality of variable fields such that the at least one resource type, the resource field including a first symbol to connote that the resource field is not operated across each of the plurality of variable fields, contains a funding source relating to at least one type outside of the resource field, including the client field including a second symbol to connote that the client field is not fully funded and the access point field including a numeral for each variable field funding the access point field, that has a relationship with the at least one resource type, the map including the type identifiers of each other type in each other variable field;

wherein each type of the plurality of variable fields is linked to an external source of information that changes a value of the respective type in real time, thereby affecting each value of each type of the plurality of variable fields that relates to the respective type; and

wherein the value in each type of the plurality of variable fields is continuously updated in real time.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fields further includes a practice method field including at least one practice method type.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fields further includes a service sector field including at least one service sector type.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fields further includes a system support field including at least one system support type.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one directional line between two of the plurality of types that displays the direction of a flow between the two types.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the concept relates to early childhood development.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the concept relates to a facility licensing and monitoring system.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the concept relates to stock valuation.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the concept relates to homeland security.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the concept relates to criminal justice.

11. A method for presenting a quantity of information at once on a single page, the method comprising:

determining a plurality of variables that contribute to at least one resource type, at least one client type, at least one access point type;

organizing the variables in a plurality of variable fields, the plurality of variable fields including a resource field including the at least one resource type, a client field including the at least one client type, and an access point field including the at least one access point type, each variable field including a field identifier;

presenting each variable in a map, each variable having a type identifier related to the field identifier;

identifying each other variable relative to a given variable by providing information relating to the relative variables, including the resource field, the resource field including a first symbol to connote that the resource field is not operated across each of the plurality of variable fields and a funding source relating to at least one type outside the variable field, the client field including a second symbol to connote that the client field is not fully funded, and an access point field including a numeral for each resource field funding the access point field, the map including the type identifiers of each other variable in each other variable field; and

linking each variable within the plurality of variable fields with an external source of information that changes the value of the respective variable in real time;

wherein the value of each variable in the plurality of variable fields is continuously updated in real time.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising gathering information relating to the plurality of variables.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising recalculating the value of each variable that includes the type identifier upon a change in value of the respective variable.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising updating the external source of information.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying the map on a computer.

16. A method for presenting a quantity of information on a dynamic map, the method comprising:

determining a plurality of variables that contribute to at least one resource type, at least one client type, at least one access point type;

presenting each variable in a map;

classifying each variable field with a field identifier, each variable having a type identifier related to the respective field identifier;

presenting each other variable relative to a given variable by providing information relating to the relative variables, including a resource field, the resource field including a first symbol to connote that the resource field is not operated across each of the plurality of variable fields and a funding source relating to at least one type outside the variable field, a client field including a second symbol to connote that the client field is not fully funded, and an access point field including a numeral for each resource field funding the access point field;

linking each variable within the plurality of variable fields with an external source of information that changes a value of the respective variable in real time, thereby affecting each value of each variable of the plurality of variable fields that relates to the respective variable; and

wherein the value of each variable of the plurality of variable fields is continuously updated in real time.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising gathering information relating to the plurality of variables.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising recalculating the value of each variable that includes the type identifier upon a change in value of the respective variable.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising updating the external source of information.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising displaying the map on a computer.