Interface including graphic representation of relationships between search results
First Claim
1. A graphic user interface capable of display of different types of information about a set of items in a selected number of dimensions, said interface including:
- a display screen, said display screen displaying;
indicia representing individual ones from the set of items at respective locations on a two dimensional display area, wherein each item represents a physical object or data representing a physical object, respectively; and
a plurality of types of information associated with said individual items and derived from analysis of content of and/or relationships between said individual items, said types of information being displayed as a plurality of visual attributes of said indicia, respectively; and
a man-machine interface, responsive to user control, configured for selective suppression of display of each of two or more of said visual attributes.
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Abstract
A multi-dimensional graphic user interface displays selected types of information regarding items included in one or more databases or returned by a search in accordance with locations on a two-dimensional display area or projection of a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional area and provides for selective display of information about respective items in a database (e.g. metadata) as additional dimensions of the display which may be suppressed and/or selectively introduced to avoid user distraction or obscuring information or for comparison between screens which may indicate to a user the degree to which a particular item may or may not be germane to an issue or particular subject matter of interest. The graphic user interface thus provides an effective tool for evaluating search results and organizing detailed review thereof.
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29 Claims
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1. A graphic user interface capable of display of different types of information about a set of items in a selected number of dimensions, said interface including:
a display screen, said display screen displaying; indicia representing individual ones from the set of items at respective locations on a two dimensional display area, wherein each item represents a physical object or data representing a physical object, respectively; and a plurality of types of information associated with said individual items and derived from analysis of content of and/or relationships between said individual items, said types of information being displayed as a plurality of visual attributes of said indicia, respectively; and a man-machine interface, responsive to user control, configured for selective suppression of display of each of two or more of said visual attributes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of operating a search engine for searching a database, said method comprising:
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configuring data processing apparatus to include; a memory for storing data derived from parsing items in said database, said items representing a physical object or data representing a physical object; and
a display generator for;generating indicia displayable at respective locations on a two dimensional display area, the indicia representing selected ones of the items, respectively; and representing respective types of said data associated with the items as visual attributes of the indicia on the two dimensional display area; and a man-machine interface by which display of each of at least two of said visual attributes representing types of data, which otherwise are included in an image produced on the display area driven by said display generator, is selectively suppressible by a user. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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