Systems and methods for semantically zooming information
First Claim
1. A method for semantically zooming information for display on a display device of a computer system comprising the steps of:
- maintaining citations, which each citation semantically represents a textual document and each citation comprises a plurality of sections, wherein each section comprises data associated with characteristic information, the characteristic information comprises at least one of a role and data type in the citation associated with that section;
determining bounds of a display area;
determining different length representations of the data for each section in one or more of the citations based on the characteristic information, wherein the different length representations reflect an application of various reduction transformations to the plurality of sections; and
determining a semantic zoom display of the one or more citations, wherein the determining the semantic zoom display comprises;
selecting one of the different length representations for each of the plurality of sections in the one or more citations based on the bounds of the display area and combining the selected different length representations as the semantic zoom display of the one or more citations; and
presenting the semantic zoom display of the one or more citations for the textual document in the display area.
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Abstract
Techniques are presented to semantically zoom information to fit within a bounded display space. A bounded display space optionally constrained by size or shape is determined. Semantically coherent portions of information to be displayed within the bounded space are determined. Transformation rules are applied to the portion of the information to be displayed to produce a plurality of different length representations. A store of semantic zoom level information associates combinations of the different length portion representations. A desired number of information elements to be displayed within the bounded display space is determined. Iterations over the store of semantic zoom information determine combinations of different length representations that fit within the bounded display space.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for semantically zooming information for display on a display device of a computer system comprising the steps of:
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maintaining citations, which each citation semantically represents a textual document and each citation comprises a plurality of sections, wherein each section comprises data associated with characteristic information, the characteristic information comprises at least one of a role and data type in the citation associated with that section; determining bounds of a display area; determining different length representations of the data for each section in one or more of the citations based on the characteristic information, wherein the different length representations reflect an application of various reduction transformations to the plurality of sections; and determining a semantic zoom display of the one or more citations, wherein the determining the semantic zoom display comprises; selecting one of the different length representations for each of the plurality of sections in the one or more citations based on the bounds of the display area and combining the selected different length representations as the semantic zoom display of the one or more citations; and presenting the semantic zoom display of the one or more citations for the textual document in the display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 32, 33, 34)
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16. A system for semantically zooming information for display comprising:
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a database that maintains citations, which each citation semantically represents a textual document and each citation comprises a plurality of sections, wherein each section comprises data associated with characteristic information, the characteristic information comprises at least one of a role and data type in the citation associated with that section; a memory; and a processor that determines bounds of a display area;
different length representations of the data for each section in one or more of the citations based on the characteristic information, wherein the different length representations reflect an application of various reduction transformations to the plurality of sections and a semantic zoom display of the one or more citations, wherein the semantic zoom display is determined by selecting one of the different length representations for each of the plurality of sections in the one or more citations based on the bounds of the display area, by combining the selected different length representations as the semantic zoom display of the one or more citations, and by presenting the semantic zoom display of the one or more citations for the textual document in the display area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36)
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31. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-readable program code, the computer-readable program code when executed by a computer system performs the steps of:
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maintaining citations, which each citation semantically represents a textual document and each citation comprises a plurality of sections, wherein each section comprises data associated with characteristic information, the characteristic information comprises at least one of a role and data type in the citation associated with that section; determining bounds of a display area; determining different length representations of the data for each section in one or more of the citations based on the characteristic information, wherein, the different length representations reflect an application of various reduction transformations to the plurality of sections; and determining a semantic zoom display of the one or more citations, wherein the determining the semantic zoom display comprises; selecting one of the different length representations for each of the plurality of sections in the one or more citations based on the bounds of the display area and combining the selected different length representations as the semantic zoom display of the one or more citations; and presenting the semantic zoom display of the one or more citations for the textual document in the display area.
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