AN ORGANIZER FOR DATA THAT IS SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE CRITERIA

• US 20150378582A1
• Filed: 02/14/2014
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quick Eye Technologies Incorporated (Peak Positioning Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Quick Eye Technologies Incorporated (Peak Positioning Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Paraschivescu, Andrei
• Granted Patent: US 10,019,144 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials

Abstract

A user interface includes a first display area which includes a first control widget representative of a first attribute group and a second control widget representative of the second attribute group, and a second display area in which a first measure of a first portion of a plurality of data items can be displayed in response to a user activating the first control widget. A first classification attribute from a first attribute group and a second classification attribute from a second attribute group are associated with each data item of the plurality of data items. A multi-description is generated for each data item, the multi-description including a list of pairs of the first classification attribute and the second classification attribute.

Claims

1. A method of displaying to a user data having a plurality of data items, comprising:

associating a first classification attribute from a first attribute group and a second classification attribute from a second attribute group with each data item of a plurality of data items;

generating a multi-description for each data item, the multi-description including a list of pairs of the first classification attribute and the second classification attribute; and

providing a user interface to include a first display area which includes a first control widget representative of the first attribute group and a second control widget representative of the second attribute group, and a second display area in which a first measure of a first portion of the plurality of data items can be displayed in response to a user activating the first control widget.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface further comprises:

a third display area in which a second measure of a second portion of the plurality data items is displayed in response to the user activating the second control widget.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first measure of the first portion of the plurality of data items is displayed in the second display area along a first display direction and wherein the measure of the second portion of the plurality of data items is displayed in the third display area in a second display direction that is orthogonal to the first display direction.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

visually organizing the second measure of the second portion of plurality of data items displayed in the third display area based on a category of the second classification attribute.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving user activations in the second display area, the user activations indicating which of the plurality of data items to hide from view; and

hiding the selected plurality of data items from the second display area, including any data items from the selected plurality of data items displayed in the third display area.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first attribute group and the second attribute group are related to each other as a tree structure so that each entry in the first attribute group is further characterized by another entry in the second attribute group.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and the second control widgets respectively include a first and a second on-screen button icon.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first measure comprises a number of data items in the first portion of the plurality of data items.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user activating the first control widget comprises the user dragging and dropping the first control widget on the first display area.

10. An apparatus for displaying data to a user, the data comprising a plurality of data items, comprising:

means for associating a first classification attribute from a first attribute group and a second classification attribute from a second attribute group with each data item;

means for generating a multi-description for each data item, the multi-description including a list of pairs of the first attribute and the second attribute;

means for providing a user interface comprising;

a first display area in including a first control widget representative of the first attribute group and a second control widget representative of the second attribute group, and

a second display area in which a first measure of a first portion of the plurality of data items can be displayed in response to a user activating the first control widget.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the user interface further comprises:

a third display area in which a second measure of a second portion of the plurality data items is displayed in response to the user activating the second control widget.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first measure of the first portion of the plurality of data items is displayed in the second display area along a first display direction and wherein the measure of the second portion of the plurality of data items is displayed in the third display area in a second display direction that is orthogonal to the first display direction.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

means for visually organizing the second measure of the second portion of plurality of data items displayed in the third display area based on a category of the second classification attribute.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

means for receiving user activations in the second display area, the user activations indicating which of the plurality of data items to hide from view; and

means for hiding the selected plurality of data items from the second display area, including any data items from the selected plurality of data items displayed in the third display area.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first attribute group and the second attribute group are related to each other as a tree structure so that each entry in the first attribute group is further characterized by another entry in the second attribute group.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first and the second control widgets respectively include a first and a second on-screen button icon.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first measure comprises a number of data items in the first portion of the plurality of data items.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the user activating the first control widget comprises the user dragging and dropping the first control widget on the first display area.

19. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method of displaying data to a user, the data comprising a plurality of data items, the method comprising:

associating a first classification attribute from a first attribute group and a second classification attribute from a second attribute group with each data item;

generating a multi-description for each data item, the multi-description including a list of pairs of the first attribute and the second attribute;

providing a user interface comprising;

a first display area in including a first control widget representative of the first attribute group and a second control widget representative of the second attribute group, and

a second display area in which a first measure of a first portion of the plurality of data items can be displayed in response to a user activating the first control widget.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the user interface further comprises:

a third display area in which a second measure of a second portion of the plurality data items is displayed in response to the user activating the second control widget.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the first measure of the first portion of the plurality of data items is displayed in the second display area along a first display direction and wherein the measure of the second portion of the plurality of data items is displayed in the third display area in a second display direction that is orthogonal to the first display direction.

22. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

visually organizing the second measure of the second portion of plurality of data items displayed in the third display area based on a category of the second classification attribute.

23. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving user activations in the second display area, the user activations indicating which of the plurality of data items to hide from view; and

hiding the selected plurality of data items from the second display area, including any data items from the selected plurality of data items displayed in the third display area.

24. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the first attribute group and the second attribute group are related to each other as a tree structure so that each entry in the first attribute group is further characterized by another entry in the second attribute group.

25. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the first and the second control widgets respectively include a first and a second on-screen button icon.

26. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the first measure comprises a number of data items in the first portion of the plurality of data items.

27. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the user activating the first control widget comprises the user dragging and dropping the first control widget on the first display area.

28-36. -36. (canceled)