Visualizations for collaborative information
First Claim
1. In a computer readable medium, an interactive collaborative information visualization system, comprising:
- a database of threaded message information relating to a computer-based threaded message environment;
a database filter to obtain and measure a selected portion of the threaded message information;
user interface controls by which a user controls the database filter to select the selected portion of the threaded message information to be obtained and measured; and
a rendering engine to render a network graphical visualization of the selected portion of the threaded message information.
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Abstract
An interactive collaborative information visualization system provides improved visualizations of relationships or connections in collaborative information relating to network interaction media such as email and email lists, conferencing systems and bulletin boards, chats, multi-user dungeons (MUDs), multi-user games and graphical virtual worlds, etc. In one implementation, network graphs in various display or visualization formats represent the collaborative information as nodes that are connected together by links. With reference to collaborative information about Usenet newsgroups, one visualization format provides an inter-group visualization in which newsgroup nodes are linked together by links representing messages that are cross-posted between the newsgroups. Other visualization format can be provided. In one implementation, a graphical user interface allows a user to control the database filter to select the selected portion of the collaborative information to be obtained and measured.
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32 Claims
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1. In a computer readable medium, an interactive collaborative information visualization system, comprising:
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a database of threaded message information relating to a computer-based threaded message environment;
a database filter to obtain and measure a selected portion of the threaded message information;
user interface controls by which a user controls the database filter to select the selected portion of the threaded message information to be obtained and measured; and
a rendering engine to render a network graphical visualization of the selected portion of the threaded message information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In an interactive collaborative information visualization system that provides a network graphical visualization of threaded message information, a graphical user interface rendered on a display screen, comprising:
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a visualization format control to select from among plural visualization formats, in which different formats collaboratively relate different selected portions of the threaded message information; and
plural visualization style controls to provide an appearance with which to render the network graphical visualization of the selected portion of the threaded message information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An interactive threaded message information visualization method, comprising:
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forming a database of threaded message information relating to a computer-based threaded message environment;
applying a database filter to the database to obtain and measure a selected portion of the threaded message information;
providing user interface controls by which a user controls the database filter to select the selected portion of the threaded message information to be obtained and measure; and
rendering a network graphical visualization of the selected portion of the threaded message information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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