Method and apparatus for customizing the display of multidimensional data
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1. A computer implemented process for customizing a display of a tag cloud, the computer implemented process comprising:
- displaying an interactive legend in conjunction with the display of the tag cloud, the interactive legend comprising a plurality of tag attributes, each tag attribute associated with a drop down menu comprising a plurality of display characteristics;
responsive to a selection of a display characteristic from the drop down menu, mapping the display characteristic to a tag in the tag cloud, each display characteristic representing one of the plurality of tag attributes;
modifying the tag cloud, wherein each tag is displayed in accordance with a display characteristic mapped to the tag by the interactive legend; and
wherein the tag attributes are rearranged, added, or removed from the interactive legend.
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Abstract
A Tag Cloud Customizer (TCC) provides an interactive legend and a tag cloud generator that allows a user to customize a tag cloud. The interactive legend allows users to map custom display characteristics to a plurality of tag attributes. The tag cloud generator creates a custom tag cloud using the custom display characteristics. The user can also sort the order of tags in the tag cloud by any of the plurality of tag attributes. In one embodiment of TCC, the user can define a custom tag attribute.
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1. A computer implemented process for customizing a display of a tag cloud, the computer implemented process comprising:
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displaying an interactive legend in conjunction with the display of the tag cloud, the interactive legend comprising a plurality of tag attributes, each tag attribute associated with a drop down menu comprising a plurality of display characteristics; responsive to a selection of a display characteristic from the drop down menu, mapping the display characteristic to a tag in the tag cloud, each display characteristic representing one of the plurality of tag attributes; modifying the tag cloud, wherein each tag is displayed in accordance with a display characteristic mapped to the tag by the interactive legend; and wherein the tag attributes are rearranged, added, or removed from the interactive legend. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for customizing a display of a tag cloud, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor; a memory connected to the processor; an indexing application running in the memory, operable to extract tags from a collection of items and collect usage statistics related to each item; a tag table file in the memory containing the indexed tags and statistics; a tag cloud customizer program in the memory operable to display an interactive legend, in conjunction with the display of the tag cloud, the interactive legend comprising a plurality of tag attributes, each tag attribute associated with a drop down menu comprising a plurality of display characteristics; responsive to a selection of a display characteristic from the drop down menu, mapping the display characteristic to a tag in the tag cloud, each display characteristic representing one of the plurality of tag attributes; modifying the tag cloud, wherein each tag is displayed in accordance with a display characteristic mapped to the tag by the interactive legend; and wherein the tag attributes are rearranged, added, or removed from the interactive legend. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable memory containing a plurality of instructions configured to run on a processor of a computer to customize a display of a tag cloud, the plurality of instructions comprising:
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a first instruction to display an interactive legend in conjunction with the display of the tag cloud, the interactive legend comprising a plurality of tag attributes, each tag attribute associated with a drop down menu comprising a plurality of display characteristics; a second instruction, responsive to a selection of a display characteristic from the drop down menu, mapping the display characteristic to a tag in the tag cloud, each display characteristic representing one of the plurality of tag attributes; a third instruction to modify the tag cloud, wherein each tag is displayed in accordance with a display characteristic mapped to the tag by the interactive legend; and wherein the tag attributes are rearranged, added, or removed from the interactive legend. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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