Exploded views for providing rich regularized geometric transformations and interaction models on content for viewing, previewing, and interacting with documents, projects, and tasks
First Claim
1. A data presentation system, comprising:
- a task manager that enables sets of resources and associated displays of content in windows to be defined as a project and manipulated together as the project, wherein the windows can pertain to different applications including text applications, presentation applications, graphics applications, and email applications;
the task manager further enabling;
closing of the project such that the resources and associated displays of content in the windows are closed in a first single operation; and
opening of the project in a second single operation including a re-generation of the windows with the associated displays of content at locations the windows were in before the project was closed;
a decomposition component that automatically segregates information items into a collection of subcomponents relating to the project; and
an interface component to render the subcomponents in a graphical manner to facilitate user processing and interaction with the project.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate efficient and automated presentation of information to users. A decomposition component automatically decomposes an information item into sets of subcomponents in a two- or three-dimensional isometric space, and generates visualizations having interactive graphics that allow users to inspect respective subcomponents. Interface features are provided to enable hover, dwell, and clicking commands, for example, providing a variety of options to zoom in, or change configurations of the visualization in accordance with the users intentions or inferences about what they desire to see or inspect more closely. Beyond the use of decompositions into exploded views of the content of items typically viewed as singular documents, the methods can be applied to perform geometric transformations on visualizations of multiple windows and other resources based on content and activity to provide regularized visualizations of the multiple items. Such exploded views can provide visual geometric summaries of projects, and a set of handles into accessing more detail on the subcomponents of the project.
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20 Claims
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1. A data presentation system, comprising:
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a task manager that enables sets of resources and associated displays of content in windows to be defined as a project and manipulated together as the project, wherein the windows can pertain to different applications including text applications, presentation applications, graphics applications, and email applications; the task manager further enabling; closing of the project such that the resources and associated displays of content in the windows are closed in a first single operation; and opening of the project in a second single operation including a re-generation of the windows with the associated displays of content at locations the windows were in before the project was closed; a decomposition component that automatically segregates information items into a collection of subcomponents relating to the project; and an interface component to render the subcomponents in a graphical manner to facilitate user processing and interaction with the project. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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defining a project as sets of resources and windows displaying resource content being used together, wherein the windows can pertain to different applications including text applications, presentation applications, graphics applications, and email applications; enabling manipulation of the project including; closing, in a single closing operation of the project as defined by the sets of resources and the windows displaying the resource content being used together; and opening, in a single opening operation of the project, the single opening operation including regenerating the windows displaying the resource content at locations the windows were in before the project was closed; automatically segregating information items into a collection of subcomponents relating to the project; and rendering the subcomponents as a visual summary in a graphical manner to facilitate user interaction with the project.
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20. One or more computer storage devices having computer executable instructions encoded thereon, the computer executable instructions, upon execution by a processor configuring a computer to perform operations comprising:
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defining a project as sets of resources and windows displaying resource content being used together, wherein the windows can pertain to different applications including text applications, presentation applications, graphics applications, and email applications; enabling manipulation of the project including; closing, in a closing operation of the project as defined by the sets of resources and the windows displaying the resource content being used together; and opening, in an opening operation of the project, the opening operation including regenerating the windows displaying the resource content at locations the windows were in before the project was closed; automatically segregating information items into a collection of subcomponents relating to the project; rendering the subcomponents to facilitate user interaction with the project; and presenting, the project as a visual summary in a graphical manner for viewing, when the project is minimized into a small, iconic representation of the windows and other resources associated with the project.
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