INTERACTIVE DATA OBJECT MAP

• US 20140337772A1
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Cervelli, Dan, GoGwilt, Cai, Prochnow, Bobby
• Granted Patent: US 9,953,445 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/766
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

An interactive data object map system is disclosed in which large amounts of geographical, geospatial, and other types of data, geodata, objects, features, and/or metadata are efficiently presented to a user on a map interface. The interactive data object map system allows for rapid and deep analysis of various objects, features, and/or metadata by the user. A layer ontology may be displayed to the user. In various embodiments, when the user rolls a selection cursor over an object/feature an outline of the object/feature is displayed. Selection of an object/feature may cause display of metadata associated with that object/feature. The interactive data object map system may automatically generate feature/object lists and/or histograms based on selections made by the user. The user may perform geosearches, generate heatmaps, and/or perform keyword searches, among other actions.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

one or more hardware processors in communication with the computer readable medium, and configured to execute a user interface module of the software modules in order to;

display an interactive map on a display of the computer system, the interactive map comprising a plurality of map layers;

determine a list of available map layers;

organize the list of available map layers according to a hierarchical layer ontology, wherein like map layers are grouped together; and

display on the interactive map the hierarchical layer ontology, wherein the user may select one or more of the displayed layers, and wherein each of the available map layers is associated with one or more feature types.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the map layers comprise at least one of vector layers or base layers.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the map layers further comprise at least one user-defined layer.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the hierarchical layer ontology includes at least two hierarchical levels of layers.

5. The computer system of claim 4, wherein the selection or de-selection of a displayed layer in a first hierarchical level causes a corresponding selection or de-selection of all map layers in any hierarchical levels below the first hierarchical level.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein fewer than all the map layers are displayed in the hierarchical layer ontology.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the map layers comprise a base layer and one or more vector layers.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the base layer comprises at least one of an overhead imagery layer, a topographic layer, a subtle base layer, an aviation layer, a blank Mercator layer, or a blank unprojected layer.

9. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the one or more vector layers comprise at least one of a regions layer, a buildings/structures layer, a terrain layer, a transportation layer, or a utilities/infrastructure layer.

10. The computer system of claim 7, wherein each of the one or more vector layers is comprised of one or more sub-vector layers.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein each of the one or more vector layers includes vector data associated with features of respective feature types.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more feature types include at least one of regions, buildings/structures, terrain, transportation, or utilities/infrastructure.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein each of the features represents at least one of a road, a terrain, a lake, a river, a vegetation, a utility, a street light, a sign, a railroad, a hotel, a motel, a school, a hospital, a building or other structure, a region, a transportation object, an entity, an event, or a document.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein metadata associated with the features includes at least one of a location, a city, a county, a state, a country, an address, a district, a grade level, a phone number, a speed, a width, or other related attributes.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to execute a user interface module of the software modules in order to:

receive an input from the user selecting one or more of the features; and

in response to the input, access and display metadata associated with each of the selected features.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to execute a user interface module of the software modules in order to:

further in response to the input, display one or more histograms based on the accessed metadata.

17. The computer system of claim 1, wherein, in response to the user selecting one or more of the displayed layers, the selected one or more of the displayed layers are displayed in the interactive map.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein displaying the interactive map comprises:

composing data associated with each of the selected one or more of the displayed layers into one or more map tiles; and

arranging the one or more map tiles into the interactive map.