Multi-mode viewer control for viewing a series of statistical values

• US 8,117,557 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2008
• Issued: 02/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: People Driven Performance, Inc.
• Original Assignee: People Driven Performance, Inc.
• Inventors: Dotson, Gerald A., Dotson, J. Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US12/319,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20090183106A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,141 Days
• Field of Search: 715/842, 715/771, 715/970, 715/215, 345/440, 345/440.2, 345/629
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/97 Instrumentation and component modelling, e.g. interactive control panel

Abstract

Methods, systems, and techniques for presenting a series of values of statistical data using numeric data and interpretive information are provided. Example embodiments provide a stat viewer control that allows a user to toggle seamlessly between a numeric view of the data and an interpreted view, the interpreted view presenting value judgments associated with the data. In one embodiment, the interpreted view is based at least in part upon one or more rules for interpreting the numeric data as belonging to one or more zones, each zone corresponding to a background emanating from a ring of an archery target representation. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for presenting a series of numeric values of a statistic over a designated period of time according to a frequency, comprising:

under control of a computing system,

displaying on a display screen a visual representation of a roll-out from an archery target image having one or more rings emanating outward from the center of the target, each ring extending in an x-direction over the roll-out representation to generate a plurality of consecutive visual bands, wherein the lowermost band corresponds to the outside-most ring of the target and the uppermost band corresponds to the inside-most ring of the target, each band corresponding to at least one of one or more interpretive zones, each interpretive zone associated with a unique visual characteristic that is used to display the corresponding band;

for each numeric value of the series of numeric values of the statistic over the designated period of time according to the frequency,

determining at least one of the one or more interpretive zones to associate with the numeric value; and

displaying on the display screen a symbolic representation of the numeric value on the displayed representation of the roll-out within the band that is associated with the determined one or more interpretive zones associated with the numeric value, simultaneously with the corresponding numeric value, such that the roll-out representation displays the symbolic representation of each value of the series in a location along an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction along with each corresponding numeric value.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining the at least one of the one or more interpretive zones to associate with the numeric value is based at least in part on one or more interpretation rules that associate one or more ranges of numeric values with the at least one of the one or more interpretive zones.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the symbolic representation of the numeric value is a dot.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the symbolic representation of the numeric value is displayed with auxiliary notations.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more interpretive zones designate five different value judgments of the ranges of numeric values.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the unique visual characteristic that is used to display a corresponding ring is a color.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the colors are yellow, red, blue, black, and white.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the consecutive visual bands represent ranges of numeric values that are characterized from bad to good in the y-axis direction.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the frequency is at least one of day, week, month, quarter, or year.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a second series of numeric values of the statistic over a designated second period of time according to a frequency; and

superimposing a symbolic representation of each of the determined second series of numeric values of the statistic on the displayed representation of the roll-out such that the symbolic representation of each numeric value associated with the designated first period of time is displayed relative to the symbolic representation of each numeric value associated with the designated second period of time.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to an indication from a user, switching the displayed visual representation of the roll-out between a raw numeric view and an interpreted view.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the series of numerical values of the statistic is a time series of numerical values of the statistic.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing contents that when executed cause a computing device to present a user interface control to display one or more series of numeric values of a statistic, by performing a method comprising:

displaying a visual representation of a roll-out from an archery target image having one or more rings emanating outward from the center of the target, each ring extending in an x-direction over the roll-out representation to generate a plurality of consecutive visual bands, wherein the lowermost band corresponds to the outside most ring of the target and the uppermost band corresponds to the inside most ring of the target, each band corresponding to at least one of one or more interpretive zones, each interpretive zone associated with a unique visual characteristic that is used to display the corresponding band;

for each numeric value of a first series of numeric values of the statistic,

determining at least one of the one or more interpretive zones to associate with the numeric value; and

displaying a symbolic representation of the numeric value on the displayed representation of the roll-out within the band that is associated with the determined one or more interpretive zones associated with the numeric value, such that the roll-out representation displays the symbolic representation of each value of the first series in a location along an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction;

determining a second series of numeric values of the statistic, each of the numeric values of the second series corresponding to a numeric value of the first series of numeric values; and

superimposing a symbolic representation of each of the determined second series of numeric values of the statistic on the displayed representation of the roll-out such that the symbolic representation of each numeric value associated with the first series is displayed relative to the symbolic representation of the corresponding numeric value of the determined second series.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the medium is a computer memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause a computer processor to perform the method.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the first series of numeric values of the statistic is a series of numeric values of the statistic over a designated first period of time, and wherein the second series of numeric values of the static is a series of numeric values of the statistic over a designated second period of time.

16. A display device configured to display a visual representation of a data structure stored in a memory, the visual representation including a plurality of interpretive bands in proximity to a representation of an archery target having one or more rings emanating outward from the center of the target, each interpretive band comprising an extension of one of the rings of the target, such that one of the bands corresponds to the outside-most ring of the target and another one of the bands corresponds to the inside-most ring of the target, each of the bands corresponding to a range of numeric values and having a unique visual indication, the visual representation including a data symbol that corresponds to each of a time series of numeric values of a statistic, each data symbol placed on at least one of the interpretive bands based at least in part on an interpretive rule that designates a corresponding interpretive band for each numeric value of the time series, each data symbol having the corresponding numeric value placed simultaneously in proximity with the data symbol.

17. The display device of claim 16 wherein each data symbol is a data dot displayed in a color that represents interpretive information associated with the corresponding numeric value of the time series.

18. The display device of claim 16 wherein the data structure represents a user interface control.

19. The display device of claim 16 wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a control that is selectable by a user for toggling between a numeric view and an interpreted view.

20. The display device of claim 16 wherein the unique visual indicator is a color.

21. The display device of claim 16 wherein the interpretive bands include a corresponding band of color for each ring associated with the archery target.

22. A computer system configured to present a visual representation of a series of numeric values of a statistic over a designated period of time according to a frequency, the computing system comprising:

a display screen;

a memory; and

a viewer component stored in the memory, and configured when executed to,

display on the display screen a visual representation of a roll-out from an archery target image having one or more rings emanating outward from the center of the target, each ring extending in an x-direction over the roll-out representation to generate a plurality of consecutive visual bands, wherein the lowermost band corresponds to the outside most ring of the target and the uppermost band corresponds to the inside most ring of the target, each band corresponding to at least one of one or more interpretive zones, each interpretive zone associated with a unique visual characteristic that is used to display the corresponding band;

for each numeric value of the series of numeric values of the statistic over the designated period of time according to the frequency,

determine at least one of the one or more interpretive zones to associate with the numeric value; and

display on the display screen a symbolic representation of the numeric value on the displayed representation of the roll-out within the band that is associated with the determined one or more interpretive zones associated with the numeric value, simultaneously with the corresponding numeric value, such that the roll-out representation displays the symbolic representation of each value of the series in a location along an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction in proximity to each corresponding numeric value.