Smart Timelines

• US 20140240320A1
• Filed: 02/04/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ana Valentina Bigu, Andrei Cojocaru, Dan Vasilov, Dumitru-Bogdan Sireteanu, Eddy Malik, Roxana Lujinschi, Scheul Florentina, Tim Stumbles
• Original Assignee: Ana Valentina Bigu, Andrei Cojocaru, Dan Vasilov, Dumitru-Bogdan Sireteanu, Eddy Malik, Roxana Lujinschi, Scheul Florentina, Tim Stumbles
• Inventors: Malik, Eddy, Stumbles, Tim, Cojocaru, Andrei, Sireteanu, Dumitru-Bogdan, Vasilov, Dan, Bigu, Ana Valentina, Florentina, Scheul, Lujinschi, Roxana
• Application Number:
  US14/172,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20140240320A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment

Abstract

The instant application discloses, among other things, techniques to automatically generate a timeline layout in office presentation software that is easy to read and visually appealing while exposing all the desired information.

Claims

1. A computer-operable method for rendering a timeline, comprising:

receiving a timeband, the timeband a rendered band representing a duration of time;

creating a milestone rendering area above the timeband, the milestone rendering area is a width of the timeband, and a height less than or equal to an available height on a device rendering the timeline;

receiving a plurality of milestones, each milestone associated with a time represented on the timeband;

for each milestone;

calculating a horizontal position corresponding to a location of the associated time on the timeband;

calculating a weight;

determining a first milestone with a highest weight; and

rendering the first milestone in the milestone rendering area.