CONTEXT AWARE ANNOTATION

• US 20130124965A1
• Filed: 11/16/2011
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: ELIAS, MICHELINE, BEZERIANOS, ANASTASIA
• Granted Patent: US 9,201,985 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9024 Graphs; Linked lists G06F16/9027 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957

Abstract

Various embodiments of systems and methods for context aware annotations are described herein. A user request is received to visualize a dataset according to a user selected visualization type. A visualization of the dataset is created according to the user selected visualization type and the created visualization is displayed on the computer screen. The context information of each region of the displayed visualization is compared with the context information stored in annotations stored in the memory. Based on the comparison, a determination is made whether the context information stored in any of the annotations matches with the context information of any of the regions. The annotation is displayed on the region of the visualization, which has the same context information. In one embodiment, a list of annotations is displayed to the user. The information related to a selected annotation from the list of annotations is displayed to the user.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for displaying an annotation in a plurality of visualization types, the method comprising:

receiving a user request to visualize a dataset according to a user selected visualization type from the plurality of visualization types;

based on the received user request, a processor of the computer, creating a visualization of the dataset according to the user selected visualization type;

displaying, on a user interface of the computer, the created visualization of the dataset, the displayed visualization including one or more regions;

the processor of the computer, comparing a context information of the one or more regions with the context information stored in the annotation; and

based on the comparison, displaying, on the user interface of the computer, the annotation on the displayed visualization.

2. The computer implemented method according to claim 1, wherein comparing the context information further comprises:

based on the comparison, the processor of the computer, determining whether the context information of at least one of the one or more regions matches the context information of the annotation.

3. The computer implemented method according to claim 2, wherein displaying the annotation further comprises:

based on the determination, displaying, on the user interface of the computer, the annotation on the one of the one or more regions of the displayed visualization.

4. The computer implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising creating the annotation, wherein creating the annotation comprises:

receiving a user input to create the annotation with respect to a plurality of data points in two or more visualizations, wherein the two or more visualizations are a visual representation of two or more datasets; and

based on the received user input, the processor of the computer, creating the annotation, wherein creating the annotation includes;

storing, a visualization type of the two or more visualizations, the context information of the plurality of data points, and the two or more data sets in the annotation; and

storing the created annotation in the memory of the computer.

5. The computer implemented method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of the displayed annotation;

based on the received user selection, the processor of the computer, creating the two or more visualizations based on the visualization type and the two or more datasets stored in the annotation; and

displaying, on the user interface of the computer, the created two or more visualizations.

6. The computer implemented method according to claim 4, further comprising:

displaying, on the user interface of the computer, the stored annotation to the user;

receiving a user selection of the displayed annotation;

based on the received user selection, the processor of the computer, creating the two or more visualizations based on the visualization type and the two or more datasets stored in the annotation; and

displaying, on the user interface of the computer, the created two or more visualizations.

7. The computer implemented method according to claim 4, wherein receiving the user input includes:

receiving a life time of the annotation from the user;

storing, in the memory of the computer, the received life time in the annotation; and

based on the stored life time, the processor of the computer, deleting the annotation from the memory of the computer.

8. The computer implemented method according to claim 4, wherein creating the annotation further comprises:

displaying, on the user interface of the computer, a hierarchical information with respect to the data point in the two or more visualizations;

based on the displayed hierarchical information, receiving a visibility information of the annotation from the user; and

storing the received visibility information in the annotation.

9. The computer implemented method according to claim 8, wherein displaying the annotation further comprises:

displaying the annotation based on the stored visibility information.

10. An article of manufacture including a computer readable storage medium to tangibly store instructions, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to:

receive a user request to visualize a dataset according to a user selected visualization type;

based on the received user request, create a visualization of the dataset according to the user selected visualization type;

display the created visualization of the dataset, the displayed visualization including one or more regions;

compare a context information of the one or more regions with the context information stored in an annotation; and

based on the comparison, display the annotation on the displayed visualization.

11. The article of manufacture according to claim 10, further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further causes the computer to:

determine whether the context information of at least one of the one or more regions matches with the context information of the annotation.

12. The article of manufacture according to claim 11, further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further causes the computer to:

display the annotation on the one of the one or more regions of the displayed visualization.

13. The article of manufacture according to claim 10, further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further causes the computer to:

receive a user input to create the annotation with respect to a plurality of data points in two or more visualizations, wherein the two or more visualizations are a visual representation of two or more datasets; and

based on the received user input, create the annotation, wherein the annotation creation includes;

store, a visualization type of the two or more visualizations, the context information of the plurality of data points, and the two or more data sets in the annotation; and

store the created annotation in the memory of the computer.

14. The article of manufacture according to claim 13, further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further causes the computer to:

receive a user selection of the displayed annotation;

based on the received user selection, create the two or more visualizations based on the visualization type and the two or more datasets stored in the annotation; and

display the created two or more visualizations.

15. The article of manufacture according to claim 13, further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further causes the computer to:

display the stored annotation to a user;

receive a user selection of the displayed annotation;

based on the received user selection, create the two or more visualizations based on the visualization type and the two or more datasets stored in the annotation; and

display the created two or more visualizations.

16. A computer system for displaying an annotation in different visualization types, the computer system comprising:

a memory to store a program code; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the program code to;

receive a user request to visualize a dataset according to a user selected visualization type;

based on the received user request, create a visualization of the dataset according to the user selected visualization type;

display the created visualization of the dataset, the displayed visualization including one or more regions;

compare a context information of the one or more regions with the context information stored in the annotation; and

based on the comparison, display the annotation on the displayed visualization.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor further executes the program code to:

determine whether the context information of at least one of the one or more regions matches with the context information of the annotation.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor further executes the program code to:

display the annotation on the one of the one or more regions of the displayed visualization.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor further executes the program code to:

receive a user input to create the annotation with respect to a plurality of data points in two or more visualizations, wherein the two or more visualizations are a visual representation of two or more datasets; and

based on the received user input, create the annotation, wherein the annotation creation includes;

store, a visualization type of the two or more visualizations, the context information of the plurality of data points, and the two or more data sets in the annotation; and

store the created annotation in the memory of the computer.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor further executes the program code to:

receive a user selection of the displayed annotation;

based on the received user selection, create the two or more visualizations based on the visualization type and the two or more datasets stored in the annotation; and

display the created two or more visualizations.