Systems and methods for browsing historical content
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a reference to a particular period of time;
identifying a plurality of documents relating to the particular period of time and one or more of a keyword or a topic;
determining a type for each of the plurality of documents;
identifying a visual indicator, from a plurality of visual indicators, associated with each of the plurality of documents based on the determined type;
plotting at least some of the identified visual indicators as one or more sequences to represent a progression of at least a first group of content from the plurality of documents over the particular period of time, the plotting graphically depicting a visual indicator, of the at least some of the identified visual indicators, as splitting into;
a first group of visual indicators representing a second group of content from the plurality of documents, anda second group of visual indicators representing a third group of content from the plurality of documents; and
providing results of the plotting.
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Abstract
A system graphically plots articles. The system executes one or more search queries to search stored articles and receives results of the executed one or more search queries, where the results identify selected articles of the stored articles. The system further designates a graphical marker for each of the selected articles and plots each of the graphical markers on a graphical display.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a reference to a particular period of time; identifying a plurality of documents relating to the particular period of time and one or more of a keyword or a topic; determining a type for each of the plurality of documents; identifying a visual indicator, from a plurality of visual indicators, associated with each of the plurality of documents based on the determined type; plotting at least some of the identified visual indicators as one or more sequences to represent a progression of at least a first group of content from the plurality of documents over the particular period of time, the plotting graphically depicting a visual indicator, of the at least some of the identified visual indicators, as splitting into; a first group of visual indicators representing a second group of content from the plurality of documents, and a second group of visual indicators representing a third group of content from the plurality of documents; and providing results of the plotting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
one or more computer devices to; receive a reference to a particular period of time, identify a plurality of documents relating to the particular period of time, determine a type for each of the plurality of documents, a first type determined for a first document, of the plurality of documents, being different than a second type determined for a second document, of the plurality of documents, identify a visual indicator, from a plurality of visual indicators, for each of the plurality of documents based on the determined type, at least one of the plurality of visual indicators being different than another one of the plurality of visual indicators, form a graphical depiction that plots at least some of the identified visual indicators as one or more sequences to represent a progression of at least a first group of content from the plurality of documents over the particular period of time, the graphical depiction graphically depicting a visual indicator, of the at least some of the identified visual indicators, as branching into; a first group of visual indicators representing a second group of content from the plurality of documents, and a second group of visual indicators representing a third group of content from the plurality of documents, and output the graphical depiction. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to; receive a reference to a particular period of time, identify a plurality of documents relating to the particular period of time and a topic or a keyword, determine a type for each of the plurality of documents, identify a visual indicator, from a plurality of visual indicators, for each of the plurality of documents based on the determined type, at least a first identified visual indicator being different than a second identified visual indicator, form a graphical depiction that plots at least some of the identified visual indicators as one or more sequences to represent a progression of at least a first group of content from the plurality of documents over the particular period of time, the graphical depiction graphically depicting a visual indicator, of the at least some of the identified visual indicators, as splitting into; a first group of visual indicators representing a second group of content from the plurality of documents, and a second group of visual indicators representing a third group of content from the plurality of documents, and provide the graphical depiction. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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