CREATION, SHARING AND EMBEDDING OF INTERACTIVE CHARTS

• US 20150095807A1
• Filed: 10/31/2014
• Published: 04/02/2015
• 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 9,716,741 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:

a memory that stores;

a chart template,

a generation module, and

chart data;

a processor that executes the generation module stored in memory, wherein the execution of the generation module fetches the chart data and the chart template to generate an interactive chart; and

a network interface that allows for sharing of the interactive chart by publishing the interactive chart over a communications network such that the interactive chart is subsequently embedded in an electronic document, whereby it is rendered, receives input from a user, and re-rendered without the need for execution of the generation module.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a generation interface executable to receive data from a user, the received data transmitted to the memory for storage as chart data.

3. The system of claim 2, the generation interface includes a data pane and a chart pane, the data pane receiving the data from the user and the chart pane including data that is dragged and dropped into the chart pane by the user, and the generation module is further executable by the processor such that it generates the interactive chart using the data dropped into the chart pane when the generation interface receives an indication that the user has dropped the data into the chart pane.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive chart includes a flash object.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive chart includes interactive features.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the interactive features include a copy-to-my-account feature.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the 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, a drill-down feature, and a data gliding feature.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive chart is subsequently embedded in the electronic document and includes an interactive feature.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the user modifies the interactive feature thereby creating a custom interactive chart.

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

fetching chart data and a chart template from memory through execution of a generation module;

generating an interactive chart using the fetched chart data and the fetched chart template; and

publishing the interactive chart over a communication network such that the interactive chart is subsequently embedded in an electronic document, whereby it is rendered, receives input from a user, and re-rendered without the need for execution of the generation module.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving data from the user through a generation interface; and

storing the received data as chart data.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving data from the user in a data pane;

receiving data dragged and dropped into a chart pane by the user; and

generating the interactive chart using the data dropped into the chart pane when the generation interface receives an indication that the user has dropped the data into the chart pane.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the interactive chart utilizes a flash object.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the interactive chart utilizes interactive features.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the interactive features include a copy-to-my account feature.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the interactive features includes 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, a drill-down feature, and a data gliding feature.

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

fetching chart data and a chart template from memory;

generating an interactive chart using the fetched chart data and the fetched chart template; and

publishing the interactive chart such that the interactive chart is subsequently embedded in an electronic document, whereby it is rendered, receives input from a user, and re-rendered without the need for execution of a generation module.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, the program further executable to:

receive data from the user through a generation interface; and

store the received data as chart data.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, the program further executable to:

receive data from the user in a data pane;

receive data dragged and dropped data into a chart pane; and

generate the interactive chart using the data dropped into the chart pane when the generation interface receives an indication that the user has dropped the data into the chart pane.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the interactive chart includes interactive features.