Event visualization

• US 8,869,037 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2006
• Issued: 10/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Rose, R. Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Riegler, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): WIENER, ERIC A
• Application Number:
  US11/474,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20130066852A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,043 Days
• Field of Search: 715/747, 715/738, 715/742, 707/722
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/387 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles

Abstract

Displaying a preference by a first user of a content contribution submitted by a second user is disclosed. A preference event by the first user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is caused to be rendered graphically.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a preference by a first user regarding a first content contribution submitted by a second user, the method comprising:

during presentation of the first content contribution to the first user in a content-viewing interface, receiving from the first user via the content-viewing interface a first preference event regarding the first content contribution;

storing a plurality of preference events received from multiple users, including the first preference event;

receiving a first query from a first client device presenting a stack interface to a third user, wherein the stack interface comprises;

stack representations of multiple content contributions, including a first stack representation of the first content contribution; and

event representations of multiple preference events, including a representation of the first preference event;

wherein the representation of the first preference event moves toward the first stack representation;

causing the first stack representation of the first content contribution to increase in size for each positive preference event received regarding the first content contribution;

causing the first stack representation to decrease in size for each negative preference event received regarding the first content contribution; and

causing the stack interface to scroll horizontally to display a second stack representation of a second content contribution.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein additional queries are received periodically from additional clients.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a second query from a second client device displaying a multi-dimensional ticker interface for presenting preference events;

causing a first ticker representation of the first content contribution to be rendered graphically in the ticker interface based on at least the first portion of the detected events; and

causing a second ticker representation of the second content contribution to be rendered graphically in the ticker interface based on at least the second portion of the detected events.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the ticker interface includes icons that represent different types of preference events.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the ticker interface can be configured to display a subset of preference events.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein appearances of the first stack representation and the second stack representation are rendered based at least in part on first and second respective scores of the first and second content contributions.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the first stack representation and the second stack representation are rendered in a respective first size and second size based on the first score and second score.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the first stack representation and the second stack representation are rendered in a respective first color and second color based on the first score and second score.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a representation of the first user.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein a size with which the first stack representation of the first content contribution is shown is based on the number and type of preference events associated with the first content contribution.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein a size with which the representation of the first user is shown is based on the number of preference events initiated by the first user.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the first content contribution is a third party article submission.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the first stack representation of the first content contribution includes a title of the first content contribution.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the first stack representation of the first content contribution is based at least in part on whether the third user has designated the first user as a friend in a preference system.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the first preference event includes at least one of:

a positive vote;

a negative vote;

a submission of content; and

a comment.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the stack interface includes:

a zoom control; and

a pause control.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the stack interface further scrolls horizontally as stack representations of additional content contributions are rendered graphically in the stack interface.

21. The method of claim 1,

wherein the representation of the first preference event merges with the first stack representation in the stack interface.

13. A system for displaying a preference by a first user regarding a first content contribution submitted by a second user, including:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to;

during presentation of the first content contribution to the first user in a content-viewing interface, receive from the first user via the content-viewing interface a first preference event regarding the first content contribution;

store a plurality of preference events received from multiple users, including the first preference event;

receive a first query from a first client device presenting a stack interface to a third user, wherein the stack interface comprises;

stack representations of multiple content contributions, including a first stack representation of the first content contribution; and

event representations of multiple preference events, including a representation of the first preference event;

wherein the representation of the first preference event moves toward the first stack representation;

cause the first stack representation of the first content contribution to increase in size for each positive preference event received regarding the first content contribution;

cause the first stack representation to decrease in size for each negative preference event received regarding the first content contribution; and

cause the stack interface to scroll horizontally to display a second stack representation of a second content contribution.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the first content contribution is a third party article submission.

22. The system of claim 13 wherein additional queries are received periodically from additional clients.

23. The system of claim 13 wherein the memory is further configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:

receive a second query from a second client device displaying a multi-dimensional ticker interface for presenting preference events;

cause a first ticker representation of the first content contribution to be rendered graphically in the ticker interface based on at least the first portion of the detected events; and

cause a second ticker representation of the second content contribution to be rendered graphically in the ticker interface based on at least the second portion of the detected events.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein the ticker interface includes icons that represent different types of preference events.

25. The system of claim 23 wherein the ticker interface can be configured to display a subset of preference events.

26. The system of claim 13 wherein appearances of the first stack representation and the second stack representation are rendered based at least in part on first and second respective scores of the first and second content contributions.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein the first stack representation and the second stack representation are rendered in a respective first size and second size based on the first score and second score.

28. The system of claim 26 wherein the first stack representation and the second stack representation are rendered in a respective first color and second color based on the first score and second score.

29. The system of claim 13 wherein the memory is further configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to display a representation of the first user.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein a size with which the representation of the first user is shown is based on the number of preference events initiated by the first user.

31. The system of claim 13 wherein a size with which the first stack representation of the first content contribution is shown is based on the number and type of preference events associated with the first content contribution.

32. The system of claim 13 wherein the first stack representation of the first content contribution includes a title of the first content contribution.

33. The system of claim 13 wherein the first stack representation of the first content contribution is based at least in part on whether the third user has designated the first user as a friend in a preference system.

34. The system of claim 13, wherein the first preference event includes at least one of:

a positive vote;

a negative vote;

a submission of content; and

a comment.

35. The system of claim 13, wherein the stack interface includes:

a zoom control; and

a pause control.

36. The system of claim 13, wherein the stack interface further scrolls horizontally as stack representations of additional content contributions are rendered graphically in the stack interface.

37. The system of claim 13, wherein the representation of the first preference event merges with the first stack representation in the stack interface.

15. A computer program product for displaying a preference by a first user regarding a first content contribution submitted by a second user, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

during presentation of the first content contribution to the first user in a content-viewing interface, receiving from the first user via the content-viewing interface a first preference event regarding the first content contribution;

storing a plurality of preference events received from multiple users, including the first preference event;

receiving a first query from a first client device presenting a stack interface to a third user, wherein the stack interface comprises;

stack representations of multiple content contributions, including a first stack representation of the first content contribution; and

event representations of multiple preference events, including a representation of the first preference event;

wherein the representation of the first preference event moves toward the first stack representation;

causing the first stack representation of the first content contribution to increase in size for each positive preference event received regarding the first content contribution;

causing the first stack representation to decrease in size for each negative preference event received regarding the first content contribution; and

causing the stack interface to scroll horizontally to display a second stack representation of a second content contribution.