SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DASHBOARD SOFTWARE MAINTAINED BY AN END USER

• US 20150153918A1
• Filed: 12/04/2013
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Chen, Li Ye, Blomberg, James
• Application Number:
  US14/096,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20150153918A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

A digital dashboard application extracts data, performs data processing on the extracted data, and displays the analyzed data as widgets in a dashboard format. The digital dashboard application may access a widget library, from which an end user may download a widget to add to the application. In certain embodiments, the digital dashboard application may be installed, set up, and maintained by an end user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

a display; and

a user input device;

wherein the processor is configured to access a widget library layer comprising a first data structure comprising a first plurality of widgets;

wherein the processor is configured to control a digital dashboard software comprising;

a data connections layer, wherein the data connections layer comprises a first set of algorithms configured to extract data from a first plurality of data sources and wherein the data from the first plurality of data sources is stored outside of the system;

a services layer, wherein the services layer comprises a second set of algorithms configured to perform at least one of validation, clustering, or analysis on data;

a widget definitions layer, wherein the widget definitions layer comprises a second data structure comprising a first set of data associated with a second plurality of widgets;

a dashboard layer, wherein the dashboard layer comprises a user interface structure comprising a plurality of user interfaces;

a visualizations layer, wherein the visualizations layer comprises a third data structure comprising a first plurality of visualizations; and

a team layer, wherein the team layer comprises a fourth data structure comprising a second set of data associated with a plurality of contacts;

wherein the processor is configured to download a first widget of the first plurality of widgets and store the first widget and a third set of data associated with the first widget within the digital dashboard software in response to end user input; and

wherein at least one of the first plurality of data sources, the second set of algorithms, the second plurality of widgets, or the plurality of contacts is configured to be edited by an end user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data connections layer further comprises a fifth data structure comprising a fourth set of data associated with a second plurality of data sources.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the fourth set of data is configured to be edited by an end user.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the fourth set of data is stored only within the digital dashboard software.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first data structure further comprises a second plurality of visualizations.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of data sources comprises a 3^rd party data source.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of data sources comprises an open data source.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the second set of algorithms comprises an algorithm configured to set an alert associated with a metric within a widget.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface structure comprises a data source interface configured to display the first plurality of data sources, a services interface configured to display the second set of algorithms, a dashboard interface configured to display the second plurality of widgets, a widget editing interface configured to display customization options associated with the second plurality of widgets, a widget library layer configured to display the first plurality of widgets, and a contacts interface configured to display the third set of data.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first data structure further comprises a second plurality of visualizations.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code comprising instructions to:

access a widget library layer comprising;

a first data structure comprising a first plurality of widgets;

run a digital dashboard application comprising;

a data connections layer, wherein the data connections layer comprises a first set of algorithms configured to extract data from a first plurality of data sources and wherein the data from the first plurality of data sources is stored outside of the non-transitory computer-readable medium;

a services layer, wherein the services layer comprises a second set of algorithms configured to perform at least one of validation, clustering, or analysis on extracted data;

a widget definitions layer, wherein the widget definitions layer comprises a second data structure comprising a first set of data associated with a second plurality of widgets;

a dashboard layer, wherein the dashboard layer comprises a user interface structure comprising a plurality of user interfaces;

a visualizations layer, wherein the visualizations layer comprises a data structure comprising a first plurality of visualizations; and

a team layer, wherein the team layer comprises a fourth data structure comprising a second set of data associated with a plurality of contacts; and

download a first widget of the first plurality of widgets and store the first widget and a third set of data associated with the first widget within the digital dashboard application in response to end user input.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the data connections layer further comprises a fifth data structure comprising a fourth set of data associated within a second plurality of data sources.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the fourth set of data is stored only within the digital dashboard application.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the computer executable code further comprises instructions to edit at least one of the first plurality of data sources or the second set of algorithms in response to end user input.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first plurality of data sources comprises a 3^rd party data source.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first plurality of data sources comprises an open data source.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the second set of algorithms comprises an algorithm configured to set an alert associated with a metric within a widget.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first data structure further comprises a second plurality of visualizations.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user interface structure comprises a data source interface configured to display the first plurality of data sources, a services interface configured to display the second set of algorithms, a dashboard interface configured to display the second plurality of widgets, a widget editing interface configured to display customization options associated with the second plurality of widgets, a widget library layer configured to display the first plurality of widgets, and a contacts interface configured to display the third set of data.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the computer executable code further comprises instructions to upload a second widget of the second plurality of widgets to the widget library layer.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the second plurality of widgets are configured to be shared with a first contact of the set of contacts.

22. A method comprising:

accessing a first plurality of widgets, wherein the first plurality of widgets are stored outside of a system;

extracting data from a first plurality of data sources according to a first set of algorithms, wherein the data is stored outside of the system;

performing an action on the extracted data according to a second set of algorithms, wherein the action comprises at least one of validation, clustering, or analysis;

displaying a second plurality of widgets;

organizing the second plurality of widgets in response to user input;

editing the second plurality of widgets and a first set of data associated with the second plurality of widgets;

displaying a plurality of contacts;

sharing a first widget of the second plurality of widgets with a contact of the plurality of contacts; and

downloading a second widget of the first plurality of widgets and storing the second widget and a second set of data associated with the widget within the system.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the method further comprises storing data from a second plurality of data sources in response to end user input and wherein the data is stored only within the system.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the method further comprises editing at least one of the first plurality of data sources or second set of algorithms in response to end user input.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the method further comprises uploading a third widget of the second plurality of widgets to a data structure outside of the system.