CREATION, SHARING AND EMBEDDING OF INTERACTIVE CHARTS

• US 20150058755A1
• Filed: 10/31/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: iCharts LLC
• Original Assignee: iCharts, Inc.
• Inventors: Duncker, Seymour, Montgomery, Tyron
• Granted Patent: US 9,712,595 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Systems and methods for generating and sharing interactive charts are described. The interactive charts are generated in an online portal that allows users to customize the interactive features of the chart. An online portal may also be provided to allow users to automatically embed interactive chart(s) in another website without reprogramming the code of the website each time the interactive chart(s) are changed or new interactive chart(s) are added.

Claims

1. A system for creating interactive charts, the system comprising:

memory that stores a chart template;

a processor, wherein the processor executes instructions stored in memory to generate a user interface on a first website, wherein the user interface allows a user to;

enter chart data into the user interface,

select a chart template, and

generate an interactive chart including the chart data and the chart template; and

a network interface that allows for the interactive chart to be transmitted to a second website for display without the execution of the instructions stored in memory to generate the user interface on the first website, wherein the second website receives input from a second user, and updates the interactive chart after receiving the input at the second website.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a chart pane that displays the generated interactive chart.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface further includes a data pane that allows for the first user to drag the data from the data pane to the chart pane, wherein the interactive chart is generated after the data is dropped.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive chart retains one or more interactive features when displayed on the second website.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the one or more interactive features include at least one of a zoom feature, a data mouse-over pop-up window, a data hide/share feature, an audio feature, a video feature, an animation feature, and a drill-down feature, and a data gliding feature.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive chart is stored in memory and is selectable by a subsequent user.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the interactive chart is stored in memory and is selectable by a subsequent user.

7. A method for creating interactive charts, the method comprising:

generating an interface on a first website;

receiving a selection of a chart template;

receiving entry of chart data into a user interface;

generating an interactive chart including the chart data and the chart template;

transmitting the interactive chart to a second website for display, wherein;

the interactive chart is displayed on the second website without executing instructions to generate the interface on the first website,

the second website receives input from a second user, and

the interactive chart is updated after receiving the input at the second website.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user interface includes a chart pane that displays the generated interactive chart.

9. The method of claim 8, the method further comprising:

receiving data dragged from a data pane in the user interface and dropped into the chart pane; and

generating the interactive chart after the data is dropped.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the interactive chart retains one or more interactive features when displayed on the second website.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more interactive features include at least one of a zoom feature, a data mouse-over pop-up window, a data hide/share feature, an audio feature, a video feature, an animation feature, and a drill-down feature, and a data gliding feature.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor for creating interactive charts, the method comprising:

generating a user interface on a first website;

receiving a selection of a chart template;

receiving entry of chart data in the user interface;

generating an interactive chart including the chart data and the chart template;

transmitting the interactive chart to a second website for display, wherein;

the interactive chart is displayed on the second website without executing instructions to generate the user interface on the first website, the second website receives input from a second user, and the interactive chart is updated after receiving the input at the second website.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the interface includes a chart pane that displays the generated interactive chart.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein further the program is further executable to:

allow the first user to drag data from a data pane in the user interface and drop the data into the chart pane; and

generate the interactive chart after the data is dropped.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the interactive chart retains one or more interactive features when displayed on the second website.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more interactive features include at least one of a zoom feature, a data mouse-over pop-up window, a data hide/share feature, an audio feature, a video feature, an animation feature, and a drilldown feature, and a data gliding feature.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the interactive chart is stored in memory and is selectable by a subsequent user.