Stationary semantic zooming

• US 7,710,429 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2006
• Issued: 05/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Smith, Randall B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu; Xiao M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hoang; Phi
• Application Number:
  US11/521,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20070008332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,327 Days
• Field of Search: 715/736, 715/835, 359/462, 709/223
• US Class Current: 345/581
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

A system and method for stationary semantic zooming. Stationary semantic zooming allows selected non-spatial rendering attributes, such as level of detail, to be varied according to other specified non-spatial rendering attributes. Stationary semantic zooming allows low importance objects to be rendered with a lower level of detail than higher importance objects. A system and method for displaying network status and realty information using stationary semantic zooming are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for displaying network status in real-time, the method comprising:

a computer performing;

receiving data corresponding to a plurality of network components connected to the network, wherein the data includes a respective status value for one or more of the plurality of network components;

rendering a graphical representation of the network, wherein each network component is represented by a respective graphical icon, and wherein, for each graphical icon for which a respective status value is received;

the respective status value is used to select a first two or more non-spatial rendering attributes for rendering the graphical icon, wherein the rendering includes determining a third non-spatial rendering attribute based on the first two or more non-spatial rendering attributes, wherein the graphical icon is rendered according to its respective first two or more non-spatial rendering attributes and according to its respective third non-spatial rendering attribute that was determined based on the first two or more non-spatial rendering attributes; and

displaying the graphical representation of the network on a display device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an update of the status value; and

repeating the rendering and the displaying using the updated status value, wherein the repeating is performed in a substantially real-time basis, and wherein one or more of the first two or more non-spatial rendering attributes change in response to a change in the status value, and in turn, the third non-spatial rendering attribute changes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the three non-spatial rendering attributes include one or more of the following:

color saturation, hue, drop shadows, animation, transparency, and whether or not to render text for the three-dimensional graphical icon.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical representation of the network is a virtual three-dimensional world, wherein the displaying is performed in stereo, and wherein the display device is a head-mounted display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-spatial rendering attributes include font size.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-spatial rendering attributes include sound volume.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the status values include information about a number of different network component attributes, and wherein the different network component attributes are used during rendering to control a different non-spatial rendering attribute.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the network components include servers, clients, switches, routers, and peripherals.