Image and information management system
First Claim
1. An information management system comprising:
- at least one image of an object, wherein the object is comprised of a plurality of components;
a plurality of images of at least a subset of the plurality of components;
at least one first data table, wherein the first data table stores at least one relationship between the plurality of components and the object;
at least one second data table, wherein the second data table stores associations between the at least one image of the object and the object;
at least one third data table, wherein the third data table stores associations between the plurality of images of the plurality of components and the plurality of components;
at least one fourth data table, wherein the fourth data table stores an identified at least one actionable region associated with the at least one image of the object, and wherein the fourth data table associates at least one action with each of the stored at least one actionable regions;
at least one fifth data table, wherein the fifth data table stores an identified at least one actionable region and permits the at least one actionable region to be associated with at least one of the images;
a user interface, wherein the user interface displays at least one of the plurality of component images or the at least one object image, wherein the user interface monitors user interaction to determine when a user activates a user actionable region, and wherein the user interface initiates the at least one action associated with the activated actionable region.
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Abstract
A system and methods through which pictorial views of an object'"'"'s configuration, arranged in a hierarchical fashion, are navigated by a person to establish a visual context within the configuration. The visual context is automatically translated by the system into a set of search parameters driving retrieval of structured data and content (images, documents, multimedia, etc.) associated with the specific context. The system places “hot spots”, or actionable regions, on various portions of the pictorials representing the object. When a user interacts with an actionable region, a more detailed pictorial from the hierarchy is presented representing that portion of the object, along with real-time feedback in the form of a popup pane containing information about that region, and counts-by-type reflecting the number of items that are available within the system associated with the specific context and search filters established at that point in time.
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20 Claims
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1. An information management system comprising:
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at least one image of an object, wherein the object is comprised of a plurality of components; a plurality of images of at least a subset of the plurality of components; at least one first data table, wherein the first data table stores at least one relationship between the plurality of components and the object; at least one second data table, wherein the second data table stores associations between the at least one image of the object and the object; at least one third data table, wherein the third data table stores associations between the plurality of images of the plurality of components and the plurality of components; at least one fourth data table, wherein the fourth data table stores an identified at least one actionable region associated with the at least one image of the object, and wherein the fourth data table associates at least one action with each of the stored at least one actionable regions; at least one fifth data table, wherein the fifth data table stores an identified at least one actionable region and permits the at least one actionable region to be associated with at least one of the images; a user interface, wherein the user interface displays at least one of the plurality of component images or the at least one object image, wherein the user interface monitors user interaction to determine when a user activates a user actionable region, and wherein the user interface initiates the at least one action associated with the activated actionable region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of presenting information to a user, comprising:
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receiving at least one image of an object; receiving a plurality of images of a plurality of components, wherein the object comprises the plurality of components; storing first information about at least a subset of the plurality of components; storing second information about the object; associating the stored first information with an appropriate one of the plurality of components; associating at least one first actionable region with at least a subset of the at least one images of the object; associating an action with the at least one first actionable region; associating at least one second actionable region with at least a subset of the plurality of images of the plurality of components; associating an action with the at least one second actionable region; displaying for a user at least one image of the object; monitoring actions made by the user to determine when one of the at least one first actionable regions has been activated and performing the action associated with the activated first actionable region; displaying for the user at least one of the plurality of component images; and
,monitoring actions made by the user to determine when one of the at least one second actionable regions associated with the displayed at least one component images has been activated and performing the action associated with the activated first actionable region. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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