Layered and vectored graphical user interface to a knowledge and relationship rich data source
First Claim
1. A computer rendered graphical user interface (GUI) presented at a man-machine interface, the GUI comprising a display of:
- a plurality of nested spherical surfaces, wherein each surface represents a surface of the Earth at a particular time period;
a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes comprising at least one first node and at least one second node, and each node associated with a location on at least one of the plurality of spherical surfaces; and
a plurality of lines, at least one line having a first endpoint associated with the first node and a second endpoint associated with the second node, and a graphical user interface control.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface provides a series of nested spherical surfaces representing a surface and/or human development at differing times in history and prehistory. An embodiment of the present invention, a knowledge web (K-Web), comprises a new, “multiple-intelligences” learning tool aimed at encouraging depth of thinking and understanding in numerous content areas. The K-Web optionally does this by presenting content in a dynamic structure having a multiplicity of interconnections that, used in conjunction with other input and display devices, is readily accessible in many different ways to many different intelligences and cognitive styles, and thus aid in the visualization of and collaboration on “wickedly complex” problems, such as Global Warming and Third World development. It may also be used to predict the outcome when combinations of unrelated individuals, events, and technologies are brought together.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer rendered graphical user interface (GUI) presented at a man-machine interface, the GUI comprising a display of:
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a plurality of nested spherical surfaces, wherein each surface represents a surface of the Earth at a particular time period; a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes comprising at least one first node and at least one second node, and each node associated with a location on at least one of the plurality of spherical surfaces; and a plurality of lines, at least one line having a first endpoint associated with the first node and a second endpoint associated with the second node, and a graphical user interface control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An image-forming system, the image-forming system comprising an image generated by a machine displayed by a man-machine interface, the image having:
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at least one virtual surface, wherein the at least one virtual surface is invisible to a user of the man-machine interface, and the at least one virtual surface represents a particular time period; at least one first node on the virtual surface; at least one second node on the virtual surface; at least one line having an endpoint associated with the first node and a second endpoint associated with the second node; wherein each node is hyperlinked to a curated database of records; wherein each line represents a relationship between the associated nodes; and wherein the relationships form a relational network and the relational network forms a part of a knowledge web in at least a three-dimensional virtual space displayed by the man-machine interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for creating a graphical user interface (GUI) for discovering relationships between curated records in a database, the GUI presented at a man-machine interface, the method comprising the steps of:
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(i) providing a software program on machine readable media; (ii) providing a curated database on machine-readable media; (iii) rendering a plurality of nested spherical surfaces, wherein each surface represents a surface of the Earth at a particular time period; (iv) rendering a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes comprising at least one first node and at least one second node, and each node associated with a location on at least one of the plurality of spherical surfaces; (v) rendering a plurality of lines, at least one line having a first endpoint associated with the first node and a second endpoint associated with the second node; (vi) rendering a graphical user interface control; (vii) hyperlinking each node to a record in the database, each record having a unique identifier; (viii) rendering the unique identifier at the respective node; (ix) high-lighting nodes having lines associated with at least two other nodes, thereby creating a relationship between the nodes; the steps resulting in creating a GUI for discovering relationships between curated records in a database.
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23. A method for building a knowledge web on a machine, the method comprising:
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(i) assembling a plurality of records in a database on machine-readable media on a machine wherein the records have a plurality of individual data; (ii) linking at least one first record with at least one second record, the records thereby becoming related to one another through the link and thereby creating a relationship between the records; (iii) selecting a mathematical model that defines the relationship between the records in multi-dimensional space, wherein the multi-dimensional space is at least four-dimensional space; recognizing the relationship between the records;
thereby building the knowledge web on a machine.- View Dependent Claims (24)
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