High density visualizations for threaded information
First Claim
1. A method for presenting threaded information entries as a graphical representation of threaded information rendered on a display interface, the method comprising:
- identifying a structure associated a plurality of threaded information entries, the threaded information entries including top-level entries and other threaded information entries;
rendering top-level entries as a first set of substantially linear-shaped graphical representations without text on the display interface; and
for each top-level threaded information entry, rendering other threaded information entries corresponding to the top-level threaded information entry as a second set of substantially linear-shaped graphical representations without text below the graphical representation representing the top-level entry, the second set of substantially linear-shaped graphical representations representing the other corresponding threaded information entries and being indented in accordance with the identified structure.
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Abstract
High-density computer display visualization formats provide improved visualization of large amounts of threaded information. These visualization formats are suitable for a wide variety of threaded information environments including newsgroups, threaded Web discussions, chats, e-mail inboxes, etc. In one implementation, the threaded message visualization represents each post with a generally one-dimensional or narrow entry line. The entry lines are horizontal and arranged vertically in substantially the same indented threading arrangement as the text of a conventional prior art visualization. In other implementations, the appearance (e.g., color), length, and position of entry lines can represent additional selected information while maintaining the generally one-dimensional character of the entry lines.
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49 Claims
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1. A method for presenting threaded information entries as a graphical representation of threaded information rendered on a display interface, the method comprising:
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identifying a structure associated a plurality of threaded information entries, the threaded information entries including top-level entries and other threaded information entries; rendering top-level entries as a first set of substantially linear-shaped graphical representations without text on the display interface; and for each top-level threaded information entry, rendering other threaded information entries corresponding to the top-level threaded information entry as a second set of substantially linear-shaped graphical representations without text below the graphical representation representing the top-level entry, the second set of substantially linear-shaped graphical representations representing the other corresponding threaded information entries and being indented in accordance with the identified structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. At least one computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by at least one processing system, cause the processing system to implement threaded information visualization software providing a visualization of threaded information that includes plural threaded information entries, the at least one medium comprising:
rendering engine instructions for identifying a structure associated a plurality of threaded information entries, the threaded information entries including top-level entries and other threaded information entries; rendering top-level entries as a first set of substantially linear-shaped graphical representations without text on the display interface; and for each top-level threaded information entry, rendering other threaded information entries corresponding to the top-level threaded information entry as a second set of substantially linear-shaped graphical representations without text below the graphical representation representing the top-level entry, the second set of substantially linear-shaped graphical representations representing the other corresponding threaded information entries and being indented in accordance with the identified structure. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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identifying a set of threads associated with a newsgroup; determining a structure associated with the set of threads; rendering, on a graphical display, top-level threads within the set of threads as a first set of generally one-dimensional entry lines, each one-dimensional entry line having a thickness insufficient to render text characters; for each top-level thread, rendering, on the graphical display, inferior threads corresponding to the top-level thread as a second set of one-dimensional entry lines below the entry line associated with the top-level thread, the second set of one-dimensional entry lines associated with the inferior threads and being indented in accordance with the determined structure; and in response to a selection to highlight at least one of the one-dimensional entry lines in the second set, identifying the inferior thread associated with the highlighted entry line; identifying the top-level thread associated with the identified inferior thread; and displaying information about the identified top-level thread. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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