Rating system and spatial searching therein

• US 8,447,750 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2012
• Issued: 05/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Lettau, Ty, Tulley, Gever, Murata, Robert S.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEWIS, CHERYL RENEA
• Application Number:
  US13/561,268
• Publication Number:
  US 20120290970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 295 Days
• Field of Search: 707/706, 707/722, 707/758, 707/713, 707/736, 707/602, 707/705, 707/739, 382/305, 382/217, 382/293, 382/199
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results

Abstract

Techniques for a rating system are described, including presenting a visual field including two or more axes, each axis representing a criterion associated with an asset, receiving a user rating associated with the asset, the user rating including a point on the visual field, and updating a presentation of the visual field to include the user rating. Further, techniques for spatial searching within the rating system are described, including presenting a visual field including two or more axes, each axis representing a criterion, receiving a search inquiry including a shape input on the visual field, searching assets in response to the search inquiry, and displaying a subset of the assets determined from the searching.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

presenting a visual field comprising a plurality of axes, each axis representing a criterion associated with an asset;

receiving a user rating associated with the asset, the user rating comprising a point on the visual field; and

updating a presentation of the visual field to comprise the user rating.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a median rating associated with the asset; and

updating the presentation of the visual field to comprise the median rating.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of axes is variable.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying the presentation of the visual field by modifying at least one of the plurality of axes to represent another criterion.

5. A system, comprising:

a memory configured to store data associated with a plurality of assets; and

a processor configured to present a visual field comprising a plurality of axes, each axis representing a criterion associated with one of the plurality of assets, to receive a user rating associated with the one of the plurality of assets, the user rating comprising a point on the visual field, and to update a presentation of the visual field to comprise the user rating.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a median rating for one of the plurality of assets, and to update the presentation of the visual field to comprise the median rating.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to modify the presentation of the visual field by modifying at least one of the plurality of axes to represent another criterion.

8. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

presenting a visual field comprising a plurality of axes, each axis representing a criterion associated with an asset;

receiving a user rating associated with the asset, the user rating comprising a point on the visual field; and

updating a presentation of the visual field to comprise the user rating.