Method and apparatus for visualizing and navigating within an immersive collaboration environment
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1. A method comprising:
- obtaining collaboration data from at least one data source;
mapping the collaboration data into a visual representation of a collaboration map in a collaboration space, wherein the visual representation is arranged to be manipulated to cause details associated with a collaboration to be displayed in the collaboration space; and
enabling manipulations of the visual representation, wherein the visual representation includes a dynamic timeline and enabling the manipulations of the visual representation includes allowing a length of the timeline to be altered, wherein mapping the collaboration data into the visual representation includes identifying a first collaboration event in the collaboration data and mapping the first collaboration event into a first discrete icon associated with a first geometrical shape, the first discrete icon being included along the dynamic timeline and arranged to indicate at least one selected from the group including an importance with respect to the first collaboration event and a type associated with the first collaboration event, and wherein mapping the collaboration data into the visual representation further includes identifying a second collaboration event in the collaboration data and mapping the second collaboration event into a second discrete icon associated with a second geometrical shape, the second geometrical shape being differentiable from the first geometrical shape, the second discrete icon being included along the dynamic timeline and arranged to indicate at least one selected from the group including an importance with respect to the second collaboration event and a type associated with the second collaboration event.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining collaboration data from at least one data source, and mapping the collaboration data into a visual representation in a collaboration space. The visual representation is arranged to be manipulated to cause details associated with the collaboration to be displayed in the collaboration space. Finally, the method includes enabling manipulations of the visual representation.
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining collaboration data from at least one data source; mapping the collaboration data into a visual representation of a collaboration map in a collaboration space, wherein the visual representation is arranged to be manipulated to cause details associated with a collaboration to be displayed in the collaboration space; and enabling manipulations of the visual representation, wherein the visual representation includes a dynamic timeline and enabling the manipulations of the visual representation includes allowing a length of the timeline to be altered, wherein mapping the collaboration data into the visual representation includes identifying a first collaboration event in the collaboration data and mapping the first collaboration event into a first discrete icon associated with a first geometrical shape, the first discrete icon being included along the dynamic timeline and arranged to indicate at least one selected from the group including an importance with respect to the first collaboration event and a type associated with the first collaboration event, and wherein mapping the collaboration data into the visual representation further includes identifying a second collaboration event in the collaboration data and mapping the second collaboration event into a second discrete icon associated with a second geometrical shape, the second geometrical shape being differentiable from the first geometrical shape, the second discrete icon being included along the dynamic timeline and arranged to indicate at least one selected from the group including an importance with respect to the second collaboration event and a type associated with the second collaboration event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Logic embodied on a non-transitory tangible media that, when executed, is operable to:
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obtain collaboration data from at least one data source; map the collaboration data into a visual representation of a collaboration map in a collaboration space, wherein the visual representation is arranged to be manipulated to cause details associated with a collaboration to be displayed in the collaboration space; and enable manipulations of the visual representation, wherein the visual representation includes a dynamic timeline and the logic operable to enable the manipulations of the visual representation is operable to allow a length of the timeline to be altered, wherein the logic operable to map the collaboration data into the visual representation is operable to identify a first collaboration event in the collaboration data and to map the first collaboration event into a first discrete icon associated with a first geometrical shape, the first discrete icon being included along the dynamic timeline and arranged to indicate at least one selected from the group including an importance with respect to the first collaboration event and a type associated with the first collaboration event, and wherein the logic operable to map the collaboration data into the visual representation is further operable to identify a second collaboration event in the collaboration data and to map the second collaboration event into a second discrete icon associated with a second geometrical shape, the second geometrical shape being differentiable from the first geometrical shape, the second discrete icon being included along the dynamic timeline and arranged to indicate at least one selected from the group including an importance with respect to the second collaboration event and a type associated with the second collaboration event. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining collaboration data from at least one data source; means for mapping the collaboration data into a visual representation of a collaboration map in a collaboration space, wherein the visual representation is arranged to be manipulated to cause details associated with a collaboration to be displayed in the collaboration space; and means for enabling manipulations of the visual representation, wherein the visual representation includes a dynamic timeline and the means for enabling the manipulations of the visual representation include means for allowing a length of the timeline to be altered, wherein the means for mapping the collaboration data into the visual representation include means for identifying a first collaboration event in the collaboration data and mapping the first collaboration event into a first discrete icon associated with a first geometrical shape, the first discrete icon being included along the dynamic timeline and arranged to indicate at least one selected from the group including an importance with respect to the first collaboration event and a type associated with the first collaboration event, and wherein the means for mapping the collaboration data into the visual representation further include means for identifying a second collaboration event in the collaboration data and means for mapping the second collaboration event into a second discrete icon associated with a second geometrical shape, the second geometrical shape being differentiable from the first geometrical shape, the second discrete icon being included along the dynamic timeline and arranged to indicate at least one selected from the group including an importance with respect to the second collaboration event and a type associated with the second collaboration event.
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a networking arrangement, the networking arrangement being arranged to obtain collaboration data associated with a collaborative project; and an immersive collaboration arrangement, the immersive collaboration arrangement being configured to process the collaboration data by mapping the collaboration data into at least a first visual representation including a first icon and a second icon, the first visual representation being arranged to be presented in a manipulatable format within a collaboration space, wherein the first icon is a representation of an editable document and the second icon is one selected from a group including a representation of a meeting and a representation of a call, the first icon having a size based on an amount of content in the editable content, the second icon having a size based on one selected from a group including a length of the meeting and a length of the call, and wherein the first visual representation is a dynamic timeline. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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