Panoptic Visualization Document Collection

• US 20130166997A1
• Filed: 03/08/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Hadley, Brent L., Eames, Patrick J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,268,761 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/908 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A panoptic visualization document collection system includes a document parser and a colligater coupled thereto. The document parser is configured to disassemble electronic document(s) into constituent document components according to a predetermined type of the documents, with each document component including respective media content. The colligater is configured to colligate the document components, including for each of one or more document components of the plurality, the colligater being configured to identify link(s) between the document component and other document component(s)—the link(s) being identified according to the documents, type of documents, and/or media content of the document component and other document component(s). The colligation also includes the colligater being configured to provide, in metadata associated with the document component, information identifying the link(s) between the document component and other document component(s). And the colligater is configured to communicate the document components and metadata as a panoptic visualization document collection.

Claims

1. A panoptic visualization document collection system comprising:

a document parser configured to receive and disassemble one or more electronic documents into a plurality of constituent document components each of which includes respective media content, the documents being disassembled according to a predetermined type of the documents; and

a colligater coupled to the document parser and configured to colligate the document components, including for each of one or more document components of the plurality, the colligater being configured to;

identify one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components of the plurality, the one or more links being identified according to one or more of the documents, type of documents, or media content of the document component and one or more other document components; and

in metadata associated with the document component,

provide information identifying the one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components,

wherein the colligater is further configured to communicate the document components and metadata as a panoptic visualization document collection.

2. The panoptic visualization document collection system of claim 1, wherein a link of the one or more links is identified for the document component and one or more other document components sharing a common document with the respective document component, or one or more other document components adjacent the respective document component in a predetermined sequence.

3. The panoptic visualization document collection system of claim 1, wherein each document component of the plurality includes media content having a subject and including one or more objects reflecting or forming the respective subject, and

wherein the one or more links are identified according to the subject or one or more objects of the document component, and the subject or one or more objects of one or more other document components of the plurality.

4. The panoptic visualization document collection system of claim 3, wherein a link of the one or more links is identified for the document component and one or more other document components sharing a common subject or one or more common objects with the respective document component.

5. The panoptic visualization document collection system of claim 3, wherein a link of the one or more links is identified for the document component and one or more other document components including an object that is the subject of the respective document component, or one or more other document components having a subject that is an object of the respective document component.

6. The panoptic visualization document collection system of claim 1, wherein the colligater being configured to colligate the document components further includes being configured to:

identify a layout for visual representations of at least some of the document components; and

in metadata associated with each document component in the layout,

provide information specifying one or more of a size, location or depth of the visual representation of the respective document component in the layout.

7. The panoptic visualization document collection system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises:

a tiler coupled to the colligater and configured to generate, for each of one or more document components of the plurality, visual representations of the document component at respective resolutions for zoom levels of the document component, and divide the visual representations across the zoom levels into progressively larger numbers of tiles each of which covers a spatial area of the visual representation at a respective zoom level,

wherein the colligater being configured to communicate the document components includes being configured to communicate the document components to the tiler, the tiler being further configured to communicate the tiles of the visual representations of the document components.

8. A method comprising:

receiving and disassembling one or more electronic documents into a plurality of constituent electronic document components each of which includes respective media content, the documents being disassembled according to a predetermined type of the documents;

colligating the document components, including for each of one or more document components of the plurality;

identifying one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components of the plurality, the one or more links being identified according to one or more of the documents, type of documents, or media content of the document component and one or more other document components; and

in metadata associated with the document component,

providing information identifying the one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components; and

communicating the document components and metadata as a panoptic visualization document collection.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein a link of the one or more links is identified for the document component and one or more other document components sharing a common document with the respective document component, or one or more other document components adjacent the respective document component in a predetermined sequence.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein each document component of the plurality includes media content having a subject and including one or more objects reflecting or forming the respective subject, and

wherein the one or more links are identified according to the subject or one or more objects of the document component, and the subject or one or more objects of one or more other document components of the plurality.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein a link of the one or more links is identified for the document component and one or more other document components sharing a common subject or one or more common objects with the respective document component.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein a link of the one or more links is identified for the document component and one or more other document components including an object that is the subject of the respective document component, or one or more other document components having a subject that is an object of the respective document component.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein colligating the document components further includes:

identifying a layout for visual representations of at least some of the document components; and

in metadata associated with each document component in the layout,

providing information specifying one or more of a size, location or depth of the visual representation of the respective document component in the layout.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises for each of one or more document components of the plurality:

generating visual representations of the document component at respective resolutions for zoom levels of the document component; and

dividing the visual representations across the zoom levels into progressively larger numbers of tiles each of which covers a spatial area of the visual representation at a respective zoom level,

wherein communicating the document components includes communicating the tiles of the visual representations of the document components.

15. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein that, in response to execution by a processor, cause an apparatus to at least:

receive and disassemble one or more electronic documents into a plurality of constituent document components each of which includes respective media content, the documents being disassembled according to a predetermined type of the documents;

colligate the document components, including for each of one or more document components of the plurality, the apparatus being caused to;

identify one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components of the plurality, the one or more links being identified according to one or more of the documents, type of documents, or media content of the document component and one or more other document components; and

in metadata associated with the document component,

provide information identifying the one or more links between the document component and one or more other document components; and

communicate the document components and metadata as a panoptic visualization document collection.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein a link of the one or more links is identified for the document component and one or more other document components sharing a common document with the respective document component, or one or more other document components adjacent the respective document component in a predetermined sequence.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein each document component of the plurality includes media content having a subject and including one or more objects reflecting or forming the respective subject, and

wherein the one or more links are identified according to the subject or one or more objects of the document component, and the subject or one or more objects of one or more other document components of the plurality.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein a link of the one or more links is identified for the document component and one or more other document components sharing a common subject or one or more common objects with the respective document component.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein a link of the one or more links is identified for the document component and one or more other document components including an object that is the subject of the respective document component, or one or more other document components having a subject that is an object of the respective document component.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the apparatus being caused to colligate the document components further includes being caused to:

identify a layout for visual representations of at least some of the document components; and

in metadata associated with each document component in the layout,

provide information specifying one or more of a size, location or depth of the visual representation of the respective document component in the layout.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable storage medium has further computer-readable program code portions stored therein that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the apparatus to further:

generate, for each of one or more document components of the plurality, visual representations of the document component at respective resolutions for zoom levels of the document component, and divide the visual representations across the zoom levels into progressively larger numbers of tiles each of which covers a spatial area of the visual representation at a respective zoom level,

wherein the apparatus being caused to communicate the document components includes being caused to communicate the tiles of the visual representations of the document components.