Method and system for presenting information with multiple views

• US 8,745,162 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Weber, Karon A., Tomkins, Andrew S., Kraft, Reiner, Tripodi, Samantha M., Deorah, Chetana
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwari, Maceeh
• Application Number:
  US11/656,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20080052372A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,692 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

Method and system for presenting information on a user device are disclosed. The method includes collecting a plurality of data objects on the Internet, annotating each data object in the plurality of data objects in accordance with user-defined data and implicit data, wherein the user-defined data and implicit data form metadata associated with the plurality of data objects, creating correlations between the plurality of data objects using the metadata associated with the plurality of data objects, and presenting the plurality of data objects in multiple views on the user device simultaneously according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

collecting, by a computing device, a plurality of data objects on the Internet;

annotating, by the computing device, each data object in the plurality of data objects in accordance with user-defined data and implicit data, wherein the user-defined data and implicit data form metadata associated with the plurality of data objects;

creating, by the computing device, correlations between the plurality of data objects using the metadata associated with the plurality of data objects;

displaying, by the computing device, a first view representative of the plurality of data objects on the computing device according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects; and

displaying, by the computing device, a second view representative of the plurality of data objects on the computing device according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects, wherein the first view and the second view are different, and wherein the first view and the second view are displayed on the computing device simultaneously,

wherein a combination of the first view and the second view comprises at least two visual representations selected from the group consisting of a calendar view, a map view, a grid view, and a list view.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein creating correlations between the plurality of data objects comprises:

creating implicit relations between the plurality of data objects.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein creating correlations between the plurality of data objects further comprises:

creating explicit relations between the plurality of data objects.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the calendar view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of a synchronization view, a planning view, an event management view, a timestamp view, and a transaction history view.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the map view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of points of interests, orientations of the map, projection of the map, itinerary of events, and chronological occurrence of events.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the grid view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of a comparison view, a gestalt view, a sort view, a distribution view, and an access view.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the list view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of an agenda view, an itinerary view, a process view, an inventory view, and a list of results view.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the first view and the displaying of the second view is in accordance with user-defined priority preferences.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the first view and the displaying of the second view is in accordance with computer-generated priority preferences.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor on a computing device, the computer program instructions defining the steps of:

collecting a plurality of data objects on the Internet;

annotating each data object in the plurality of data objects in accordance with user-defined data and implicit data, wherein the user-defined data and implicit data form metadata associated with the plurality of data objects;

creating correlations between the plurality of data objects using the metadata associated with the plurality of data objects;

causing a display of a first view representative of the plurality of data objects on the computing device according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects; and

causing a display of a second view representative of the plurality of data objects on the computing device according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects, wherein the first view and the second view are different, and wherein the first view and the second view are displayed on the computing device simultaneously,

wherein a combination of the first view and the second view comprises at least two visual representations selected from the group consisting of a calendar view, a map view, a grid view, and a list view.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions for creating correlations between the plurality of data objects comprises instructions for:

creating implicit relations between the plurality of data objects.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions for creating correlations between the plurality of data objects further comprises instructions for:

creating explicit relations between the plurality of data objects.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the calendar view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of a synchronization view, a planning view, an event management view, a timestamp view, and a transaction history view.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the map view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of points of interests, orientations of the map, projection of the map, itinerary of events, and chronological occurrence of events.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the grid view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of a comparison view, a gestalt view, a sort view, a distribution view, and an access view.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the list view comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of an agenda view, an itinerary view, a process view, an inventory view, and a list of results view.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein causing the display of the first view and causing the display of the second view is in accordance with user-defined priority preferences.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein causing the display of the first view and causing the display of the second view is in accordance with computer-generated priority preferences.

19. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a computing device, a plurality of data objects on the Internet, each data object in the plurality annotated in accordance with user-defined data and implicit data, wherein the user-defined data and implicit data form metadata associated with the plurality of data objects;

identifying, by the computing device, correlations between the plurality of data objects using the metadata associated with the plurality of data objects;

causing a display of a first view representative of the plurality of data objects on the computing device according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects; and

causing a display of a second view representative of the plurality of data objects on the computing device according to the correlations between the plurality of data objects, wherein the first view and the second view are different, and wherein the first view and the second view are displayed on the computing device simultaneously, wherein a combination of the first view and the second view comprises at least two visual representations selected from the group consisting of a calendar view, a map view, a grid view, and a list view.