Systems and methods for displaying linked information in a sorted context
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of displaying linked information in a sorted context comprising the steps of:
- determining an initial set of display elements in a document;
selecting a display element from the initial set of display elements;
determining a display characteristic associated with the initial set of display elements;
identifying an additional set of display elements in the document that are each linked to the selected display element, comprising;
selecting at least one similarity measure comprising a computed relatioship shared by the selected display element and the additional set of display elements; and
quantitatively comparing the at least one similarity measure to a threshold; and
creating a combined set of display elements comprising the initial and the additional sets of display elements when the at least one similarity measure exceeds the threshold;
preserving spatial relationships between the initial and the additional sets of display elements in the document, wherein the spatial relationships comprise each initial set of display elements sharing its row with neither more nor less than the same set of initial set of display elements as before;
sorting the initial and the combined sets of display elements into sections based on spatial distortion rules for each section; and
displaying the sections comprising the combined set of display elements with the initial set of display elements in a single composite sorted display.
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Abstract
Techniques are presented for determining a first set of display elements, each display element associated with a first display characteristic. An interesting element in the first set of display elements is determined. A second set of elements related to the interesting element is determined. A third set of elements based on the first and second set of elements is determined using intersection, union, subtraction addition and other logical operations. A third set of elements not yet added to the element collection is determined. The elements in the third set are associated with a second or ghosted display characteristic. The elements in the third set are inserted within the sorted context of the visualization based on spatial distortion rules which help to preserve spatial memory cues in the visualization of the element collection. The elements may be documents in an information repository, linked contact information, linked information records in a database or other types of information.
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65 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of displaying linked information in a sorted context comprising the steps of:
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determining an initial set of display elements in a document; selecting a display element from the initial set of display elements; determining a display characteristic associated with the initial set of display elements; identifying an additional set of display elements in the document that are each linked to the selected display element, comprising; selecting at least one similarity measure comprising a computed relatioship shared by the selected display element and the additional set of display elements; and quantitatively comparing the at least one similarity measure to a threshold; and creating a combined set of display elements comprising the initial and the additional sets of display elements when the at least one similarity measure exceeds the threshold; preserving spatial relationships between the initial and the additional sets of display elements in the document, wherein the spatial relationships comprise each initial set of display elements sharing its row with neither more nor less than the same set of initial set of display elements as before; sorting the initial and the combined sets of display elements into sections based on spatial distortion rules for each section; and displaying the sections comprising the combined set of display elements with the initial set of display elements in a single composite sorted display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 56)
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32. A computer-implemented system for displaying linked information in a sorted context comprising:
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an information respository comprising a document; and a processor, comprising; a set determination circuit configured to determine an initial set of display elements in the document and to select a display element from the initial set of display elements; a display characteristic determination circuit configured to determine a display characteristic associated with the initial set of display elements; a related elements determination circuit configured to identify an additional set of display elements in the document that are each linked to the selected display element comprising a selection of at least one similarity measure comprising a computed relationship shared by the selected display element and the additional set of display elements, a quantitative comparison of the at least one similarity measure to a threshold and a creation of a combined set of display elements comprising the initial and the additional sets of display elements when the at least one similarity measure exceeds the threshold; an element layout circuit configured to preserve spatial relationships between the initial and the additional sets of display elements in the document, wherein the spatial relationships comprise each initial set of display elements sharing its row with neither more nor less than the same set of initial set of display elements as before, and to sort the initial and the combined sets of display elements into sections based on spatial distortion rules for each section; and a display circuit configured to display the sections comprising the combined set of display elements with the initial set of display elements in a single composite sorted display. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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