Dynamic visual statistical data display and method for limited display device

• US 8,972,295 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2012
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Visible Market, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Visible Market, Inc.
• Inventors: Johnson, Jennifer Ellen, Morris, John Keoni, de Brun, Stephen Carl, Gunther, Nicholas Langdon
• Primary Examiner(s): JOHNSON, GREGORY L
• Application Number:
  US13/478,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20120303548A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/36.R
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

Embodiments include methods for distributing visual display information related to a plurality of items to one or more display devices, and methods for rendering visual display information related to a plurality of items by a display device. Embodiments also comprise display devices, servers, and computer-readable media embodying one or more of these methods. Embodiments display of large data sets and associated statistics, such as trading activity of securities or other business statistics, on devices with limited-size display screen, e.g. smartphone or tablet. Embodiments enable visual navigation of large dynamic data sets via relative and absolute contextual statistics. Embodiments combine dynamic visual displays with a multi-tiered navigation structure, supporting more effective information gathering and processing across a variety of users with different objectives. Embodiments provide more relevant, individualized user experience through flexibility to observe patterns, correlation, and contextuality, and to explore subsections of the data quickly via unique navigation paths.

Claims

1. A method of displaying statistical data on a mobile computing device, comprising:

displaying an activity map on a mobile computing device, communicatively coupled to one or more servers, wherein

the activity map, requested by the mobile computing device from the one or more servers, comprises a plurality of icons of substantially similar size and shape,

each icon corresponds to one of a plurality of items of a similar type, each one of the plurality of items is associated with one of a plurality of sectors or groups, and

each icon is displayed on the display screen of the mobile computing device in a display region associated with said one of a plurality of sectors or groups, such that each icon displayed in a display region corresponds to one of the plurality of items associated with said sector or group,

each icon is displayed in one or more of a plurality of display colors, wherein the display coloring for each icon relates to a statistical data value for the one of the plurality of items corresponding to the icon;

updating the statistical data values for a portion of the plurality of items, wherein the statistical data values comprise dynamic and static data associated with the plurality of items corresponding to the icon and stored on the one or more servers; and

changing the display coloring for icons in the activity map to reflect the updated value for the item corresponding to the icon being changed, including changing the coloring of content in the icon.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein an item represents at least one of a stock, bond, exchange traded fund, futures contract, currency, commodity, individuals or groups of individuals performing the same or a similar task or job, and elements or parts of one or more systems used for a particular purpose.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein each icon is a rectangular tile.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein there is a plurality of sectors or groups.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising arranging the icons in display regions.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising arranging the icons according to one of the following patterns:

total number of items, with largest in center and spiraling outwards, top left to bottom right ordering based on total number of items, price change, activity, or alphabetical.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising re-arranging the icons in a display region into a different pattern.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein updating the statistical data for a plurality of items further comprises pulling updated statistical data from a statistical data server.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising pulling updated statistical data from the statistical data server when the activity map is restored to active display.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving a configuration file in a binary format from a statistical data server and modifying a display value of an icon.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving an updated current data file from a statistical data server and updating the display of one or more icons corresponding to updated values in the updated current data file.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving a updated historical data file in a binary format from a financial data server and updating the display of one or more icons corresponding to updated values in the updated historical file.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the display coloring for each icon relates to a statistical data value which is based on a price differential between the current value of the corresponding item and one of the following:

an index value, a value related to the sector of the corresponding item, a value of the corresponding item at the end of the most recent historical period, a value of the corresponding item over a selected historical period.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the statistical value relates to:

a current value of the corresponding item which is the volume of the corresponding item during a current period; and

a value of the corresponding item over a selected historical period which is the volume of the corresponding item over a selected historical period or a value related to the volume over a selected historical period of the sector or group with which the corresponding item is associated.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile computing device comprises a touch screen display.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising touching a display region to enhance the display of all items in the sector or group associated with the display region.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising touching an icon to reveal additional detail about the item corresponding to the icon.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising touching an icon to reveal time series data for one of the plurality of items.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein the activity map is a hierarchical activity map having levels, the method further comprising:

reading a gesture; and

changing a hierarchical level of the activity map to be displayed based on the read gesture.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the read gesture is a pinch-out gesture and wherein the activity map hierarchical level to be displayed changes from a first level to a second level.

21. The method of claim 15 wherein alphanumeric data is displayed within icons, further comprising changing the alphanumeric data displayed within a plurality of the icons to reflect a change in the data.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the alphanumeric data to be displayed changes periodically.

23. The method of claim 21 wherein the alphanumeric data to be displayed changes dynamically.

24. The method of claim 15 further comprising processing for display on the mobile computing device an animation wherein the animation represents the activity map including the plurality of icons.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the animation is 30 frames per second.