METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR VISUALLY REPRESENTING A RELATIVE RELEVANCE OF CONTENT ELEMENTS TO AN ATTRACTOR
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- displaying a page on a display device of a processor-based apparatus, said display device being communicatively coupled to a processor of said apparatus, the page including a number of visual representations of content elements;
responsive to receipt of user input specifying a characteristic of an attractor, determining, by the processor, a relevance of each content element to the characteristic of the attractor; and
displaying on the page a visual representation of the attractor and repositioning the visual representations of the content elements displayed on the page such that a relative vector between the visual representation of the attractor and the visual representation of each content element is related to the determined relevance of each respective content element.
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Abstract
Relationships between content elements and an attractor may be visually displayed on a page. More specifically, the relevance of one or more characteristics of the content elements to one or more attributes of the attractor may be depicted by organizing the attractor and the content elements on a page so that a relative vector between the attractor and the content elements as arranged on the page is related (in a meaningful fashion) to said relevance. Content elements may be selected from one or more sources and/or may be included in a feed of content elements. In some cases, a characteristic of an attractor may be transmitted to a plurality of vendor systems and one or more of the vendor systems may return (or cause to be returned) a message in response thereto.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying a page on a display device of a processor-based apparatus, said display device being communicatively coupled to a processor of said apparatus, the page including a number of visual representations of content elements; responsive to receipt of user input specifying a characteristic of an attractor, determining, by the processor, a relevance of each content element to the characteristic of the attractor; and displaying on the page a visual representation of the attractor and repositioning the visual representations of the content elements displayed on the page such that a relative vector between the visual representation of the attractor and the visual representation of each content element is related to the determined relevance of each respective content element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor of a processor-based apparatus, a continuous feed of content elements from a server; responsive to receipt of user input specifying a characteristic of an attractor, determining, by the processor, a relevance of each content element to the characteristic of the attractor; displaying a page on a display device of the processor-based apparatus, said display device being communicatively coupled to the processor, the page including a visual representation of each content element included in the continuous feed on at first location on the page when the respective content element is received and a visual representation of the attractor; moving, over time, the visual representation of each content element included in the continuous feed of content elements from the first location on the page to a second location on the page by the processor, wherein visual representations of content elements with a threshold degree of relevance to the characteristic of the attractor are positioned on the page near the visual representation of the attractor and removed from the continuous feed of content elements moving to the second location on the page; and removing, by the processor, the visual representation of each content element not positioned near the visual representation of attractor from the page when it reaches the second location on the page. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a server, a characteristic of an attractor from a user associated with a user account; transmitting, by the server, a message to a plurality of vendors indicating the attractor; receiving, by the server, a message related to the characteristic of the attractor from at least one of the plurality of vendors; and transmitting, by the server, the message to the user via user account.
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29. A non-transitory computer-readable media including a set of instructions which instructions when executed by said processor, cause said processor to:
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display a page on a display device of a processor-based apparatus, said display device being communicatively coupled to a processor of said apparatus, the page including a visual representation of a number of content elements; determine a relevance of each content element to a characteristic of an attractor responsively to received user input specifying the characteristic of the attractor; display on the page a visual representation of the attractor; and reposition the visual representation of the content elements displayed on the page such that a relative vector between the visual representation of the attractor and the visual representation of each content element is related to the determined relevance of each respective content element.
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30. A computer system, comprising a processor, a display device communicatively coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor, said storage medium having stored therein computer-readable instructions, which instructions when executed by said processor, cause said processor to display on the display device visual representations of content elements received by the computer system in an organized relation to a visual display of an attractor displayed on the display device at a position subject to user manipulation through a human-computer interface communicatively coupled to the processor, said organized relation defined by a relevance of an attribute of the content elements to a characteristic of the attractor.
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