Method and system for navigating and selecting media from large data sets
First Claim
1. A method of accessing a data set, the method comprising:
- locating data elements stored on a plurality of different types of data sources, the data elements forming the data set;
receiving a lens item, wherein the lens item provides a set of parameters for searching the data set stored on the plurality of different types of data sources;
searching the data set by using the lens item to identify a data subset; and
ordering data elements within the data subset into a plurality of columns, wherein the plurality of columns comprise super column.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of accessing a data set. The data set includes a set of data elements. The method collects the data elements of the data set. The method receives a lens item. The lens item provides a set of parameters for searching the data set. The method searches the data set by using the lens item to identify a data subset. The method sorts a list of data elements based on the data subset. The sorting generates an ordered list. The method filters the data subset. Filtering the data subset comprises excluding the data elements that are not relevant to the lens item. The method presents the ordered list in a first column of a matrix. The matrix has several cells. The cells of the matrix are based on the data subset. The method selects column headings for the matrix and populates the cells of the matrix. Some embodiments provide a system for providing access to a data set. The system has a set of data elements that comprises a first data source. The system has a first device for collecting the set of data elements. The first device receives a first lens item for searching the data elements. The first device filters the data elements by using the first lens item to generate a first subset. The first device presents the first subset in a variety of views for navigation through the first subset.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of accessing a data set, the method comprising:
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locating data elements stored on a plurality of different types of data sources, the data elements forming the data set; receiving a lens item, wherein the lens item provides a set of parameters for searching the data set stored on the plurality of different types of data sources; searching the data set by using the lens item to identify a data subset; and ordering data elements within the data subset into a plurality of columns, wherein the plurality of columns comprise super column. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of selecting a first data element in a data set, the data set comprising a plurality of data elements, the method comprising:
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locating a plurality of data elements from the data set stored on a plurality of different types of data sources, wherein the plurality of data elements includes the first data element for selection; limiting the data set of data elements to a subset; excluding a second data element from the subset; selecting a set of columns, wherein the set of columns comprises a super column and further wherein a column comprises a plurality of data elements; ordering the data elements in a list for a column in the set of columns, thereby forming an ordered list of data elements; displaying a matrix comprising the selected set of columns, wherein a column in the matrix comprises the ordered list of data elements; selecting column headings for each column in the matrix; and populating a plurality of cells in the matrix. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for providing access to a data set, the system comprising:
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a set of data elements comprising a first data source stored on a plurality of different types of data sources; a first device for collecting the set of data elements, wherein the first device receives a first lens item for searching the data elements stored on the plurality of different types of data sources, wherein the first device filters the data elements by using the first lens item to generate a first subset, and further wherein the first device presents the first subset in a plurality of views for navigation through the first subset; and ordering the data elements within the first subset into a plurality of columns, wherein the plurality of columns comprise a super column. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of accessing a data set, the method comprising:
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locating data elements stored on a plurality of different types of data sources, the data elements forming the data set; receiving a lens item, wherein the lens item provides a set of parameters for searching the data set stored on the plurality of different types of data sources; searching the data set by using the lens item to identify a data subset; sorting a list of data elements based on the data subset, wherein the sorting generates an ordered list; filtering the data subset, wherein filtering the data subset comprises excluding the data elements that are not relevant to the lens item; presenting the ordered list in a first column of matrix, the matrix comprising a plurality of columns and a plurality of cells, wherein the cells of the matrix are based on the data subset, and further wherein the plurality of columns comprise a super column; selecting column headings for the matrix; and populating the cells of the matrix, wherein the populating comprises, for a particular cell in a row of the matrix, cross referencing the column heading for the column containing the particular cell with data in the first cell of the row containing the particular cell. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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