Visualization of states of a process
First Claim
1. A method of providing a visualization of states of a process, comprising:
- identifying a set of potential states that can occur during the process and a corresponding set of colors, each color in the set of colors corresponding to one of the potential states;
establishing a fixed ordering for the set of colors;
displaying a timeline graph including a plurality of colored vertical bars, wherein each colored vertical bar corresponds to a time interval of the process and includes at least one color selected from the set of colors based on at least one state occurring during the time interval corresponding to the vertical bar, wherein the plurality of colored vertical bars includes a set of multiple-color vertical bars that each include a plurality of colors appearing in a vertical order based on the fixed ordering, and wherein the at least one state occurring during each time interval varies over the time intervals and the at least one color included in each of the colored vertical bars correspondingly varies over the time intervals in the graph, and wherein the colors in each multi-color vertical bar represent only most prominent states occurring during the time interval corresponding to the multi-color vertical bar, and wherein the most prominent states for a first one of the time intervals are automatically selected from at least four states occurring during the first time interval based on time durations of the at least four states occurring during the first time interval,wherein the most prominent states for the first time interval include only two most prominent states, and wherein the two most prominent states have longer time durations than any other states occurring during the first time interval; and
wherein the identifying, establishing, and displaying are performed by at least one processor.
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Abstract
A method of providing a visualization of states of a process includes identifying a set of potential states that can occur during the process and a corresponding set of colors, with each color in the set of colors corresponding to one of the potential states. A fixed ordering is established for the set of colors. A timeline graph including a plurality of colored vertical bars is displayed. Each colored vertical bar corresponds to a time interval of the process and includes at least one color selected from the set of colors based on at least one state occurring during the time interval corresponding to the vertical bar. The plurality of colored vertical bars includes a set of multiple-color vertical bars that each include a plurality of colors appearing in a vertical order based on the fixed ordering.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of providing a visualization of states of a process, comprising:
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identifying a set of potential states that can occur during the process and a corresponding set of colors, each color in the set of colors corresponding to one of the potential states; establishing a fixed ordering for the set of colors; displaying a timeline graph including a plurality of colored vertical bars, wherein each colored vertical bar corresponds to a time interval of the process and includes at least one color selected from the set of colors based on at least one state occurring during the time interval corresponding to the vertical bar, wherein the plurality of colored vertical bars includes a set of multiple-color vertical bars that each include a plurality of colors appearing in a vertical order based on the fixed ordering, and wherein the at least one state occurring during each time interval varies over the time intervals and the at least one color included in each of the colored vertical bars correspondingly varies over the time intervals in the graph, and wherein the colors in each multi-color vertical bar represent only most prominent states occurring during the time interval corresponding to the multi-color vertical bar, and wherein the most prominent states for a first one of the time intervals are automatically selected from at least four states occurring during the first time interval based on time durations of the at least four states occurring during the first time interval, wherein the most prominent states for the first time interval include only two most prominent states, and wherein the two most prominent states have longer time durations than any other states occurring during the first time interval; and wherein the identifying, establishing, and displaying are performed by at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform a method of providing a visualization of states of a process, the method comprising:
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identifying a set of potential states that can occur during the process and a corresponding set of colors, each color in the set of colors corresponding to one of the potential states; establishing a static ordering for the set of colors; and displaying a plurality of colored vertical bars in a timeline graph, wherein each colored vertical bar corresponds to a time interval of the process and includes at least one color selected from the set of colors based on at least one state occurring during the time interval corresponding to the vertical bar, wherein the plurality of colored vertical bars includes a set of multiple-color vertical bars that each include a plurality of colors appearing in a vertical order based on the fixed ordering, and wherein the at least one state occurring during each time interval varies over the time intervals and the at least one color included in each of the colored vertical bars correspondingly varies over the time intervals in the graph, and wherein the colors in each multi-color vertical bar represents at least two most prominent states occurring during the time interval corresponding to the multi-color vertical bar, and wherein the at least two most prominent states for a first one of the time intervals is automatically selected from at least four states occurring during the first time interval based on time durations of the at least four states occurring during the first time interval. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of providing a visualization of states of a process, comprising:
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identifying a set of potential states that can occur during the process and a corresponding set of colors, each color in the set of colors corresponding to one of the potential states; establishing a fixed ordering for the set of colors; displaying a timeline graph including a plurality of colored vertical bars, wherein each colored vertical bar corresponds to a time interval of the process and includes at least one color selected from the set of colors based on at least one state occurring during the time interval corresponding to the vertical bar, wherein the plurality of colored vertical bars includes a set of two-color vertical bars that each include only two colors appearing in a vertical order based on the fixed ordering with the two colors in each two-color vertical bar representing only two most prominent states occurring during the time interval corresponding to the two-color vertical bar, and wherein the two most prominent states for a first one of the time intervals is automatically selected from at least four states occurring during the first time interval based on time durations of the at least four states occurring during the first time interval, and wherein the two most prominent states have longer time durations than any other states occurring during the first time interval; and wherein the identifying, establishing, and displaying are performed by at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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