System and method for multi-dimensional foraging and retrieval of documents
First Claim
1. A multi-dimensional foraging method comprising:
- generating a working set of documents from a collection of documents having dimensions, wherein a dimension of a document represents a characteristic of the document;
selecting panels, each panel corresponding to a selected dimension or combination of dimensions of the documents;
generating for each of the selected panels, sets of the documents in the working set, the generated document sets corresponding to the dimension or combination of dimensions of a corresponding panel;
generating neighboring document sets from documents other than those of the working set, the neighboring document sets related to the document sets generated from the working set;
arranging the document sets having a particular dimension or combination of dimensions in relationship to each other in a same panel;
selecting document sets to be included in the working set, wherein those not selected are placed in a non-working set;
displaying a recency panel that presents documents within the working set and the non-working set on a time line, wherein the time line indicates a date of creation for each document presented;
displaying the panels having the arranged document set on a visual display device, wherein a multi-dimensional view of the working set is provided;
generating, within at least some of the panels, a visual retrieval boundary between document sets within the working set and document sets in the non-working set, wherein the visual retrieval boundary distinguishes between document sets within the working set and the non-working set;
adding at least one of a visual constraint or inclusion to at least one of the displayed panels;
altering the working set and the non-working set and the visual retrieval boundary based on the adding of the at least one visual constraint or inclusion; and
displaying the panels with the altered working set and the non-working set and retrieval boundary.
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Abstract
A method for interactive foraging for documents within a corpus of documents includes forming a working set of documents which are a subset of the corpus of documents. A visual representation of the working set and a portion of the corpus other than the working set are generated, and a visual representation of a retrieval boundary, between the working set and the portion of the corpus other than the working set, is presented. A further embodiment provides a system for interactive foraging of documents within a corpus of documents which includes, a visualization foraging subsystem, and an analytical repository containing a plurality of documents. The documents have been analyzed and are provided with associated dimensional data. A search mechanism of the visualization foraging subsystem is configured to form a working set of documents from the corpus of documents. A display device displays the working set and a portion of the corpus other than the working set, and a retrieval boundary is displayed on the display distinguishing between documents in the working set and the displayed documents of the corpus other than the working set.
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24 Claims
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1. A multi-dimensional foraging method comprising:
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generating a working set of documents from a collection of documents having dimensions, wherein a dimension of a document represents a characteristic of the document; selecting panels, each panel corresponding to a selected dimension or combination of dimensions of the documents; generating for each of the selected panels, sets of the documents in the working set, the generated document sets corresponding to the dimension or combination of dimensions of a corresponding panel; generating neighboring document sets from documents other than those of the working set, the neighboring document sets related to the document sets generated from the working set; arranging the document sets having a particular dimension or combination of dimensions in relationship to each other in a same panel; selecting document sets to be included in the working set, wherein those not selected are placed in a non-working set; displaying a recency panel that presents documents within the working set and the non-working set on a time line, wherein the time line indicates a date of creation for each document presented; displaying the panels having the arranged document set on a visual display device, wherein a multi-dimensional view of the working set is provided; generating, within at least some of the panels, a visual retrieval boundary between document sets within the working set and document sets in the non-working set, wherein the visual retrieval boundary distinguishes between document sets within the working set and the non-working set; adding at least one of a visual constraint or inclusion to at least one of the displayed panels; altering the working set and the non-working set and the visual retrieval boundary based on the adding of the at least one visual constraint or inclusion; and displaying the panels with the altered working set and the non-working set and retrieval boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16)
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10. In a data communication network a multi-dimensional foraging and retrieval system, comprising:
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a working set of documents generated from a collection of documents having dimensions, wherein a dimension of a document represents a characteristic of the document; a non-working set of documents comprised of the collection documents having dimensions that are outside the working set; a plurality of panels, each panel corresponding to a selected dimension or combination of dimensions of the documents, at least one panel is a recency panel that presents documents within the working set and the non-working set on a time line, wherein the time line indicates a date of creation for each document presented; a plurality of documents generated from the documents in the working set, the generated documents representative of the dimension or combination of dimensions for a corresponding panel; a plurality of neighboring document sets formed from documents other than the documents of the working set, the neighboring documents related to the documents generated from the working set; and a display for displaying multiple dimensions, including at least some of the plurality of panels having ones of the document sets, the document sets corresponding to the dimension or combination of dimensions of the respective panel, and the selected document sets arranged in a relationship to each other, wherein document sets within the working set and the non-working set are displayed, at least some of the panels having a visual retrieval boundary, the visual retrieval boundary distinguishes between document sets within the working set and document sets in the non-working set; adding at least one of a visual constraint or inclusion to at least one of the displayed panels; altering the working set and the non-working set and the visual retrieval boundary based on the adding of the at least one visual constraint or inclusion; and displaying the panels with the altered working set and the non-working set and retrieval boundary. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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17. A multi-dimensional foraging method comprising:
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generating a working set of documents from a collection of documents having dimensions as part of a document foraging and retrieving operation, wherein a dimension of a document represents a characteristic of the document; selecting panels, each panel corresponding to a selected dimension or combination of dimensions of the documents obtained as part of the document and retrieving operation; generating for each of the selected panels, sets of the documents in the working set, the generated document sets corresponding to the dimension or combination of dimensions of a corresponding panel; generating neighboring document sets from documents other than those of the working set, the neighboring document sets related to the document sets generated from the working set; arranging the document sets having a particular dimension or combination of dimensions in relationship to each other in a same panel; selecting document sets to be included in the working set, wherein those not selected are placed in a non-working set; displaying a recency panel that presents documents within the working set and the non-working set on a time line, wherein the time line indicates a date of creation for each document presented; displaying the panels having the arranged document set on a visual display device, wherein a multi-dimensional view of the working set is provided, wherein the displaying includes generating within at least some of the panels a visual retrieval boundary between document sets within the working set and document sets in the non-working set, wherein the visual retrieval boundary distinguishes between document sets within the working set and document sets in the non-working set; adding at least one of a visual constraint or inclusion to at least one of the displayed panels; altering the working set and the non-working set and the visual retrieval boundary based on the adding of the at least one visual constraint or inclusion; and displaying the panels with the altered working set and the non-working set and retrieval boundary. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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