Creation, sharing and embedding of interactive charts

• US 9,270,728 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2013
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: iCharts, Inc.
• Original Assignee: iCharts, Inc.
• Inventors: Duncker, Seymour, Montgomery, Tyron
• Primary Examiner(s): Nabi, Reza
• Application Number:
  US13/962,236
• Publication Number:
  US 20140040061A1
• Time in Patent Office: 929 Days
• Field of Search: 715/753
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Systems and methods for generating and sharing interactive charts are described. The interactive charts are generated in an online portal that allows users to customize the interactive features of the chart. An online portal may also be provided to allow users to automatically embed interactive chart(s) in another website without reprogramming the code of the website each time the interactive chart(s) are changed or new interactive chart(s) are added.

Claims

1. A system for presenting interactive chart data, the system comprising:

a processor;

a user interface generated by the processor executing instructions stored in memory, the user interface receiving a first data selection and a first chart selection, the first data selection including a first data set from a data store, the first chart selection including a first chart template;

a chart generator module stored in memory and executed by the processor thereby generating an embed code having markup data; and

a chart sharing module stored in memory and executed by the processor that transmits at least the embed code to a user device that is associated with sharing of interactive chart data, wherein insertion of the embed code into a digital file modifies the digital file so that rendering the digital file includes rendering the first data set within the first chart template thereby rendering an interactive chart that retains interactivity, wherein rendering the interactive chart further includes;

receiving a second data selection including a second data set, the second data set being from the data store, and

updating the interactive chart by rendering at least the second data set within the first chart template.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes an online store interface, and wherein the first data selection and the first chart selection are part of a purchase order received from the user device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein execution of the chart generator module by the processor generates the digital file in addition to the embed code, and further inserts the embed code into the digital file.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a server coupled to a network, wherein the data store is at least partially stored on the server, and wherein the server is communicatively coupled via the network to a network communication module coupled to the processor.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the data store includes data fetched from one of an external website, a data feed, or a file stored separately from the interactive chart.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the second data set is one of an updated version of the first data set or a set of edits to be made to the first data set, the second data set based on changes in data stored within the data store, the changes occurring between the first data selection and the second data selection.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first data set includes a plurality of data series, such that each data series of the plurality of data series is represented as a visually distinct chart element of a plurality of visually distinct chart elements in the interactive chart, such that each visually distinct chart element of the plurality of visually distinct chart elements is represented in the interactive chart as one of a line of a line graph, a bar of a bar graph, or a segment of a pie graph.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the digital file is a markup-based website file stored at a website server, the website server accessed by a rendering device that then renders the chart-embedded file.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the digital file is an electronic document, such as a word processor document, a presentation document, or a Portable Document Format (PDF) document.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first chart template is associated with a first chart type, wherein the first chart type is one of a bar graph, a line graph, a pie chart, or some combination thereof.

11. A system for presenting interactive chart data, the system comprising;

a processor;

a user interface generated by the processor executing instructions stored in memory, the user interface receiving a first data selection and a first chart selection, the first data selection including a first data set from a data store, the first chart selection including a first chart template;

a chart generator module stored in memory and executed by the processor thereby generating an embed code having markup data; and

a chart sharing module stored in memory and executed by the processor that transmits at least the embed code to a user device that is associated with sharing of interactive chart data, wherein insertion of the embed code into a digital file modifies the digital file so that rendering the digital file includes rendering the first data set within the first chart template thereby rendering an interactive chart that retains interactivity, wherein rendering the interactive chart further includes;

receiving a second chart selection including a second chart template, and

updating the interactive chart by rendering the first data set within the second chart template.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the user interface includes an online store interface, and wherein the first data selection and the first chart selection are part of a purchase order received from the user device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein execution of the chart generator module by the processor generates the digital file in addition to the embed code, and further inserts the embed code into the digital file.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising a server coupled to a network, wherein the data store is at least partially stored on the server, and wherein the server is communicatively coupled via the network to a network communication module coupled to the processor.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the data store includes data fetched from one of an external website, a data feed, or a file stored separately from the interactive chart.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the first data set includes a plurality of data series, such that each data series of the plurality of data series is represented as a visually distinct chart element of a plurality of visually distinct chart elements in the interactive chart, such that each visually distinct chart element of the plurality of visually distinct chart elements is represented in the interactive chart as one of a line of a line graph, a bar of a bar graph, or a segment of a pie graph.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the first chart template is associated with a first chart type and the second chart template is associated with a second chart type, wherein the first chart type and the second chart type are each one of a bar graph, a line graph, a pie chart, or some combination thereof.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the first chart type is distinct from the second chart type.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the digital file is one of a website file or an electronic document file.