COLLABORATIVE DATA MINING AND ANALYSIS

• US 20130159882A1
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: QlikTech International AB (Qlik Technologies)
• Original Assignee: Hakan Wolge
• Inventors: Wolge, Hakan, Linsefors, Tobias
• Granted Patent: US 10,366,066 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2264 Multidimensional index structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2282 Tablespace storage structures; Management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/283 Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

Provided are methods, systems, and computer readable media for user interaction with database methods and systems. In an aspect, a user interface can be generated to facilitate dynamic display generation to view data. The system can comprise a visualization component to dynamically generate one or more visual representations of the data to present in the state space.

Claims

1. A method for collaborative computing comprising:

initiating a primary session for a first user;

requesting collaboration from a second user;

initiating a secondary session for the second user; and

providing a single state space for collaborative real-time data analysis to the first user and the second user wherein an interaction by either user is reflected in the single state space.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating a primary session for a first user comprises generating a first user interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein requesting collaboration from a second user comprises providing the second user a URL configured to allow the second user to view the secondary session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating a primary session for the second user comprises generating a second user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the single state space is a view of a dataset.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary and secondary sessions result in a collaboration session that is connected to a plurality of XML transformers connected via synchronization logic.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein an interaction performed by any of the plurality of XML transformers is propagated back to the other XML transformers in the plurality of XML transformers.

8. A method for time shifted collaborative analysis, comprising:

creating a state space that reflects a selection state;

creating a note; and

attaching the note to an object in the state space.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the state space is a view of a dataset.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the note comprises an observation about the object.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

saving the selection state; and

associating the saved selection state with the note.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the saved selection state reflects the selection state at the time the note is created.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the note comprises a note thread wherein the note thread comprises a plurality of notes.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising saving a plurality of selection states wherein each of the plurality of selection states is associated with one or more of the plurality of notes.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising identifying the object as having an attached note.

16. A method for time shifted collaborative analysis, comprising:

presenting an object in a state space having an attached note;

receiving a selection of the note; and

presenting the note and adjusting the state space to reflect a saved selection state associated with the note.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the note comprises an observation about the object.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the state space is a first view of a dataset.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the saved selection state is a second view of the dataset.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the saved selection state was saved contemporaneously with creation of the note.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the note comprises a note thread wherein the note thread comprises a plurality of notes wherein one or more of the plurality of notes has an associated saved selection state.