METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DISPLAYING DATA MARK INFORMATION

• US 20170010785A1
• Filed: 01/22/2015
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tableau Software Incorporated (Salesforce.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Tableau Software Incorporated (Salesforce.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stewart, Robin
• Granted Patent: US 11,017,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting

Abstract

A method includes displaying at least a first portion of a chart at a first magnification, the first portion containing a plurality of data marks. The method also includes detecting a first input at a location that corresponds to the first portion of the chart and, in response, zooming in to display a second portion of the chart at a second magnification, the second portion including a first data mark in the plurality of data marks. The method further includes detecting a second touch input at a location that corresponds to the second portion of the chart, and, in response: if one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are not met, zooming in to display a third portion of the chart at a third magnification, the third portion including the first data mark; and, if the one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are met, displaying information about the first data mark.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display;

displaying at least a first portion of a chart on the display at a first magnification, the first portion of the chart containing a plurality of data marks;

detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the first portion of the chart;

in response to detecting the first touch input at the location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location on the display of the first portion of the chart, zooming in to display a second portion of the chart at a second magnification, the second portion of the chart including a first data mark in the plurality of data marks;

while displaying the second portion of the chart at the second magnification, detecting a second touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the second portion of the chart; and

,

in response to detecting the second touch input at the location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location on the display of the second portion of the chart;

in accordance with a determination that one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are not met, zooming in to display a third portion of the chart at a third magnification, the third portion of the chart including the first data mark in the plurality of data marks; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are met, displaying information about the first data mark.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second touch input is a same type of touch input as the first touch input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the first data mark comprises a data record that corresponds to the first data mark.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data-mark-information-display criteria include the second magnification being a predefined magnification.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data-mark-information-display criteria include the first data mark in the plurality of data marks being the only data mark displayed at the second magnification after the first touch input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data-mark-information-display criteria include the first data mark reaching a predefined magnification during the second touch input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data-mark-information-display criteria include the device zooming in to display only the first data mark in the plurality of data marks during the second touch input.

8. The method of claim 1, including, in accordance with the determination that one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are met, ceasing to display the first data mark.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying at least a first portion of a chart on the display at a first magnification, the first portion of the chart containing a plurality of data marks;

detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the first portion of the chart;

in response to detecting the first touch input at the location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location on the display of the first portion of the chart, zooming in to display a second portion of the chart at a second magnification, the second portion of the chart including a first data mark in the plurality of data marks;

while displaying the second portion of the chart at the second magnification, detecting a second touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the second portion of the chart; and

,

in response to detecting the second touch input at the location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location on the display of the second portion of the chart;

in accordance with a determination that one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are not met, zooming in to display a third portion of the chart at a third magnification, the third portion of the chart including the first data mark in the plurality of data marks; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are met, displaying information about the first data mark.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the second touch input is a same type of touch input as the first touch input.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the information about the first data mark comprises a data record that corresponds to the first data mark.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the data-mark-information-display criteria include the second magnification being a predefined magnification.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the data-mark-information-display criteria include the first data mark in the plurality of data marks being the only data mark displayed at the second magnification after the first touch input.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the data-mark-information-display criteria include the first data mark reaching a predefined magnification during the second touch input.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein the data-mark-information-display criteria include the device zooming in to display only the first data mark in the plurality of data marks during the second touch input.

16. The device of claim 9, the one or more programs further including instructions for, in accordance with the determination that one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are met, ceasing to display the first data mark.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

display at least a first portion of a chart on the display at a first magnification, the first portion of the chart containing a plurality of data marks;

in response to detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location on the display of the first portion of the chart, zoom in to display a second portion of the chart at a second magnification, the second portion of the chart including a first data mark in the plurality of data marks; and

,

while displaying the second portion of the chart at the second magnification and in response to detecting a second touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location on the display of the second portion of the chart;

in accordance with a determination that one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are not met, zoom in to display a third portion of the chart at a third magnification, the third portion of the chart including the first data mark in the plurality of data marks; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are met, display information about the first data mark.

18. A graphical user interface on an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

at least a first portion of a chart on the display at a first magnification, the first portion of the chart containing a plurality of data marks;

wherein;

a second portion of the chart is displayed by zooming in to a second magnification in response to detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location on the display of the first portion of the chart, the second portion of the chart including a first data mark in the plurality of data marks;

a third portion of the chart is displayed by zooming in to a third magnification in response to detecting a second touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location on the display of the second portion of the chart while displaying the second portion of the chart at the second magnification and in accordance with a determination that one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are not met;

wherein the third portion of the chart includes the first data mark in the plurality of data marks; and

information about the first data mark is displayed in response to detecting a second touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location on the display of the second portion of the chart while displaying the second portion of the chart at the second magnification and in accordance with a determination that one or more predefined data-mark-information-display criteria are met.