INTELLIGENT QUERY FOR GRAPHIC PATTERNS

• US 20160063108A1
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Wu, Chih-Sung, Hsiao, Chih-Pin, Lin, Jeng-Weei, Cheng, Na, Javed, Waqas
• Application Number:
  US14/472,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20160063108A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A system and method for facilitating an intelligent query for graphic pattern is provided. In example embodiments, a plurality of user interfaces is provided at a first device that is communicatively coupled to a second device having a visual analytics system. The plurality of user interfaces provides control of the visual analytics system of the second device at the first device. Sketch inputs are received via a sketch user interface of the plurality of user interfaces. The sketch inputs collectively generate a graphic pattern. A complex query is generated that includes the graphic pattern. The complex query is transmitted to the second device having the visual analytics system that performs a search for data that matches the complex query.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a plurality of user interfaces at a first device that is communicatively coupled to a second device having a visual analytics system, the plurality of user interfaces providing control, at the first user device, of the visual analytics system of the second device;

receiving sketch inputs via a sketch user interface of the plurality of user interfaces, the sketch inputs collectively generating a graphic pattern;

creating, by a hardware processor, a complex query using the graphic pattern;

transmitting the complex query to the second device having the visual analytics system that performs a search for data that matches the complex query; and

causing a result of the search to be displayed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first device is a touch-based device, and

the receiving the sketch inputs comprises receiving the sketch inputs via a touchscreen of the touch-based device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sketch inputs comprise a dashed line indicating an unknown section of the graphic pattern.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sketch inputs comprise a fuzzy input indicating a range for a section of the graphic pattern.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sketch inputs comprise an upper boundary or a lower boundary for the graphic pattern.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating the complex query comprises combining a plurality of graphic patterns to be searched.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the creating the complex query comprises receiving at least one logic operation to apply to at least one of the plurality of graphic patterns.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein creating the complex query comprises:

providing a query user interface on the first device;

receiving a temporal input via the query user interface, the temporal input defining a time interval to be applied between two graphic patterns of the plurality of graphic patterns.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving the temporal input comprises detecting a drag and drop of the two graphic patterns along a timeline displayed on the query user interface, the drag and drop changing a temporal order of the two graphic patterns.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving the temporal input comprises adjusting a timing mechanism to change the time interval between the two graphic patterns.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a suggestion for a potential next node as the user is sketching the graphic pattern.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an edit request, the edit request indicating a previous query to be edited;

retrieving the previous query from a data source;

displaying visual components of the previous query;

receiving an edit to one of the visual components to change the previous query to a revised query;

analyzing the revised query to obtain a new result; and

saving the edit and new result as a new branch in a data source history.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein:

the visual components comprises a plurality of blocks that indicate a previous operation; and

the receiving the edit comprises receiving a selection of a block from the plurality of blocks, the selection causing a drop down menu of editable variables for the selected block, and receiving a selection of an editable variable.

14. A machine-readable medium having no transitory signals and storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

providing a plurality of user interfaces at a first device that is communicatively coupled to a second device having a visual analytics system, the plurality of user interfaces providing control, at the first device, of the visual analytics system of the second device;

receiving sketch inputs via a sketch user interface of the plurality of user interfaces, the sketch inputs collectively generating a graphic pattern;

creating a complex query that includes the graphic pattern;

transmitting the complex query to the second device having the visual analytics system that performs a search for data that matches the complex query; and

causing a result of the search to be displayed.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the sketch inputs comprise a dashed line indicating an unknown section of the graphic pattern.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the sketch inputs comprise a fuzzy input indicating a range for a section of the graphic pattern.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the creating the complex query comprises combining a plurality of graphic patterns to be searched.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the creating the complex query comprises receiving at least one logic operation to apply to at least one of the plurality of graphic patterns.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein creating the complex query comprises:

providing a query user interface on the first device;

receiving a temporal input via the query user interface, the temporal input defining a time interval to be applied between two graphic patterns of the plurality of graphic patterns.

20. A system comprising:

a hardware-implemented interface module to provide a plurality of user interfaces at a first device that is communicatively coupled to a second device having a visual analytics system, the plurality of user interfaces providing control of the visual analytics system of the second device at the first device;

a sketch module, implemented by at least one processor, to receive sketch inputs via a sketch user interface of the plurality of user interfaces, the sketch inputs collectively generating a graphic pattern that forms a part of a complex query; and

a hardware-implemented communication module to transmit the complex query to the second device having the visual analytics system that performs a search for data that matches the complex query.