CONTENT VISUALIZATION

• US 20130091436A1
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Published: 04/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Rose, R. Kevin, Migurski, Michal Jan, Allen, Shawn Paul, Rodenbeck, Eric W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,213,471 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/747
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71

Abstract

Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the 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 displayed in an interface.

Claims

1. A method of displaying preference events of users in real time, the method comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of users, multiple preference events regarding corresponding content contributions;

storing the preference events;

presenting to a first user a preference event interface in which each of the preference events is presented to the first user, the presentation of each preference event including;

a symbol identifying a type of the preference event; and

a title of the corresponding content contribution; and

updating the preference event interface in real time as additional preference events are received.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation of each preference event further includes:

a status of the corresponding content contribution.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the presentation of each preference event further includes:

a score of the corresponding content contribution, calculated from a plurality of preference events received for the corresponding content contribution.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the presentation of each preference event further includes one or both of:

an identity of a user that submitted the preference event; and

a reason for submission of the preference event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of users includes the first user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of users does not include the first user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the preference event interface includes selectable icons that represent different types of preference events; and

selection of a given icon causes only preference events of the type represented by the icon to be presented in the preference event interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the preference event interface includes selectable controls that represent different content contribution statuses; and

selection of a given control causes only preference events corresponding to content contributions having the status represented by the icon to be presented in the preference event interface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the preference event interface can be configured to display a subset of all preference events received from the plurality of users.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the preference event interface includes a playback control for adjusting a speed of presentation of preference events in the preference event interface.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the preference event interface includes a pause control.

12. A system for displaying preference events of users in real time, the system comprising:

a processor; and

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

receive, from a plurality of users, multiple preference events regarding corresponding content contributions;

store the preference events;

present to a first user a preference event interface in which each of the preference events is presented to the first user, the presentation of each preference event including;

a symbol identifying a type of the preference event; and

a title of the corresponding content contribution; and

update the preference event interface in real time as additional preference events are received.

13. A computer program product for displaying preference events of users in real time, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving, from a plurality of users, multiple preference events regarding corresponding content contributions;

storing the preference events;

presenting to a first user a preference event interface in which each of the preference events is presented to the first user, the presentation of each preference event including;

a symbol identifying a type of the preference event; and

a title of the corresponding content contribution; and

updating the preference event interface in real time as additional preference events are received.

14. A graphical user interface for displaying preference events of users in real time, comprising:

a first filtering section comprising controls selectable by a first user to select a subset of preference events to view in the graphical user interface;

a second filtering section comprising controls selectable by the first user to select types of preference events to view in the graphical user interface; and

a display section in which multiple preference events submitted by a plurality of users and corresponding to selections by the first user in the first filtering section and second filtering section are displayed, wherein each preference event corresponds to a content contribution.

15. The graphical user interface of claim 14, wherein the display section comprises, for each preference event in the multiple preference events:

a symbol identifying a type of the preference event; and

a title of the corresponding content contribution.

16. The graphical user interface of claim 15, wherein the display section further comprises, for each preference event in the multiple preference events:

a status of the corresponding content contribution.

17. The graphical user interface of claim 15, wherein the display section further comprises, for each preference event in the multiple preference events:

a score of the corresponding content contribution, calculated from a plurality of preference events received for the corresponding content contribution.

18. The graphical user interface of claim 15, wherein the display section further comprises, for each preference event in the multiple preference events, one or both of:

an identity of a user that submitted the preference event; and

a reason for submission of the preference event.

19. The graphical user interface of claim 15, further comprising:

a playback control for adjusting a speed of presentation of preference events in the graphical user interface.