Event visualization

• US 20130066852A1
• Filed: 06/22/2006
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Digg Inc. (BuySellAds.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rose, R. Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 8,869,037 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/387 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles

Abstract

Displaying a preference by a first user of a content contribution submitted by a second user is disclosed. A preference event by the first user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is caused to be rendered graphically.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a preference by a first user of a first content contribution submitted by a second user, the method comprising:

detecting a first preference event by the first user regarding the first content contribution of the second user, wherein the first preference event includes at least one of a positive vote, a negative vote, a submission of content, and a comment;

storing a plurality of detected events; and

in response to a query from a client operated by a third user;

causing a representation of the first content contribution to be rendered graphically in an animation based on at least a first portion of the detected events, including the first preference event; and

causing a representation of a second content contribution to also be rendered graphically in the animation based on at least a second portion of the detected events;

wherein the first representation is graphically rendered in a manner that is different from the second representation based at least in part on the respective first and second portions of the detected events, without intervening action by the third user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein queries are received periodically from different clients.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the animation is included in a ticker interface.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the ticker interface includes icons that represent different types of preference events.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the ticker interface can be configured to display a subset of preference events.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first representation and the second representation are rendered based at least in part on first and second respective scores of the first and second content contributions.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the first representation and the second representation are rendered in a respective first size and second size based on the first score and second score.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the first representation and the second representation are rendered in a respective first color and second color based on the first score and second score.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a representation of the first user.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein a size with which a representation of the first content contribution is shown is based on the number of preference events associated with the first content contribution.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein a size with which the representation of the first user is shown is based on the number of preference events taken by the first user.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the content contribution is a third party article submission.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein the representation of the first content contribution includes a title of the first content contribution.

22. The method of claim 1 wherein the representation of the first content contribution is based at least in part on whether the third user has designated the first user as a friend in a preference system.

23. The method of claim 10 wherein the representation of the first user is shown as moving toward the representation of the first content contribution.

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18. A system for displaying a preference by a first user of a first content contribution submitted by a second user, including:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to;

detect a first preference event by the first user regarding the first content contribution of the second user, wherein the first preference event includes at least one of a positive vote, a negative vote, a submission of content, and a comment;

store a plurality of detected events; and

in response to a query from a client operated by a third user;

cause a representation of the first content contribution to be rendered graphically in an animation based on at least a first portion of the detected events, including the first preference event; and

cause a representation of a second content contribution to also be rendered graphically in the animation based on at least a second portion of the detected events;

wherein the first representation is graphically rendered in a manner that is different from the second representation based at least in part on the respective first and second portions of the detected events, without intervening action by the third user.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the content contribution is a third party article submission.

24. The system of claim 18 wherein the first representation and the second representation are rendered based at least in part on a first and second respective score.

25. The system of claim 18 wherein the representation of the content contribution is based at least in part on whether the third user has designated the first user as a friend in the system.

20. A computer program product for displaying a preference by a first user of a first content contribution submitted by a second user, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

detecting a first preference event by the first user regarding the first content contribution of the second user, wherein the first preference event includes at least one of a positive vote, a negative vote, a submission of content, and a comment;

storing a plurality of detected events; and

in response to a query from a client operated by a third user;

causing a representation of the first content contribution to be rendered graphically in an animation based on at least a first portion of the detected events, including the first preference event; and

causing a representation of a second content contribution to also be rendered graphically in the animation based on at least a second portion of the detected events;

wherein the first representation is graphically rendered in a manner that is different from the second representation based at least in part on the respective first and second portions of the detected events, without intervening action by the third user.