Generating visualizations of facet values for facets defined over a collection of objects

• US 9,360,982 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2012
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Emanuel, Barton W., Leyba, Todd
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Weber, Joy M
• Application Number:
  US13/461,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20130298050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,498 Days
• Field of Search: 715/764
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/416 Extracting the logical structure, e.g. chapters, sections or page numbers; Identifying elements of the document, e.g. authors

Abstract

Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating visualizations of facet values for facets defined over a collection of objects. The objects are processed to determine facet values for the objects for a specified facet. A first visualization is generated of representations of the determined facet values for the objects. User selection is received of one of the facet values represented in the generated first visualization. A determination is made of objects having the user selected facet value and a determination is made of at least one facet value for the specified facet for each of the determined objects having the selected facet value. A second visualization of representations of the determined at least one facet value is generated.

Claims

1. A computer program product for rendering information on facets associated with objects, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein capable of being executed to perform operations comprising:

processing the objects to determine facet types for which the objects have facet values;

receiving selection of at least one of the determined facet types;

processing the objects to determine facet values for the objects for at least one of the selected facet types;

generating a first visualization in a user interface of representations of the determined facet values for the objects, wherein the facet values for each facet type are displayed in a separate display region of a plurality of display regions, wherein each of the display regions corresponds to one of the facet types, and wherein each of the display regions groups facet values for each of the plurality of facet types;

receiving user selection of at least one of the facet values represented in the generated first visualization for at least one of the facet types represented in the at least display region;

determining the objects having the at least one selected facet value;

determining at least one facet type having the at least one selected facet value;

determining facet values for the determined at least one facet type in each of the determined objects, wherein the determined facet values comprise the facet values for the determined at least one facet type in the determined objects in addition to the at least one selected facet value in the first visualization; and

generating a second visualization in the user interface of representations of the determined facet values in the determined objects having the at least one selected facet value in at least one display region for the determined at least one facet type to refine the objects used to generate the second visualization, wherein each of the at least one display region in the second visualization groups the determined and selected facet values for each of the determined at least one facet type.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the at least one selected facet value from the first visualization comprises a first selected facet value, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving user selection of a second selected facet value comprising one of the at least one facet values represented in the generated second visualization;

determining objects having the first selected facet value and the second selected facet value for the specified facet type;

determining at least one facet value for the specified facet type for the determined objects having the first and second selected facet values; and

generating a third visualization of representations of the determined at least one facet value for the determined objects having the first and second selected facet values.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a list of hyperlinks representing the objects having the at least one selected facet value enabling the user to render the objects upon selection of the hyperlinks representing the selected objects.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

rendering a list of a plurality of facet types; and

receiving user selection of one of the listed facet types, wherein the selected at least one facet type comprises the user selected facet type.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the representations of the facet values in the first and second visualizations provide different appearances of the facet values based on a frequency of the facet values in the determined objects that include the facet values.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving user selection of at least one additional facet value represented in the first visualization, wherein the determining the objects having the at least one selected facet value comprises determining the objects having the at least one selected facet value and the selected at least one additional value, wherein the determining the at least one facet value of the determined objects comprises determining at least one facet value for the determined objects having the at least one selected facet value and the selected at least one additional value.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the processing of the objects to determine facet values is performed to determine facet values for a plurality of specified facet types, wherein the first visualization and the second visualization represent facet values in the objects for the specified facet types.

8. The computer program product of claim 7,

wherein generating the first visualization comprises generating a visualization of a separate defined display region for each of the specified facet types for which at least one facet value is determined, wherein each defined display region includes representations of the facet values for one of the specified facet types;

and

wherein generating the second visualization comprises generating a visualization of a separate defined display region for each of the specified facet types for which at least one facet value is determined from the determined objects having the selected facet value, wherein each display region includes representations of facet values for one of the specified facet types.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

rendering a list of a plurality of facet types; and

receiving user selection of a plurality of the listed facet types, wherein the specified facet types comprise the user selected facet types.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining correlation values of the facet values for one of the facet types with facet values for at least one other facet type, wherein the visualization of the facet values in the first visualization provides different appearances of the facet values based on the correlation values of the facet values; and

determining correlation values of the facet values for one of the facet types with facet values for at least one other facet type from the determined objects having the selected facet value, wherein the visualization of the facet values in the second visualization provides different appearances of the facet values based on the correlation values determined for the facet values.

11. A system for rendering information on facets associated with objects in a repository, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium having code executed by the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

processing the objects to determine facet types for which the objects have facet values;

receiving selection of at least one of the determined facet types;

processing the objects to determine facet values for the objects for at least one of the selected facet types;

generating a first visualization in a user interface of representations of the determined facet values for the objects, wherein the facet values for each facet type are displayed in a separate display region of a plurality of display regions, wherein each of the display regions corresponds to one of the facet types, and wherein each of the display regions groups facet values for each of the plurality of facet types;

receiving user selection of at least one of the facet values represented in the generated first visualization for at least one of the facet types represented in the at least display region;

determining the objects having the at least one selected facet value;

determining at least one facet type having the at least one selected facet value;

determining facet values for the at least one facet type in each of the determined objects having, wherein the determined facet values comprise the facet values for the determined at least one facet type in the determined objects in addition to the at least one selected facet value in the first visualization; and

generating a second visualization in the user interface of representations of the determined facet values in the determined objects having at least one the selected facet value in at least one display region for the determined at least one facet type to refine the objects used to generate the second visualization, wherein each of the at least one display region in the second visualization groups the determined and selected facet values for each of the determined at least one facet type.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one selected facet value from the first visualization comprises a first selected facet value, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving user selection of a second selected facet value comprising one of the at least one facet values represented in the generated second visualization;

determining objects having the first selected facet value and the second selected facet value for the specified facet type;

determining at least one facet value for the specified facet type for the determined objects having the first and second selected facet values; and

generating a third visualization of representations of the determined at least one facet value for the determined objects having the first and second selected facet values.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

rendering a list of a plurality of facet types; and

receiving user selection of one of the listed facet type, wherein the selected at least one facet type comprises the user selected facet type.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the representations of the facet values in the first and second visualizations provide different appearances of the facet values based on a frequency of the facet values in the determined objects that include the facet values.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving user selection of at least one additional facet value represented in the first visualization, wherein the determining the objects having the at least one selected facet value comprises determining the objects having the at least one selected facet value and the selected at least one additional value, wherein the determining the at least one facet value of the determined objects comprises determining at least one facet value for the determined objects having the at least one selected facet value and the selected at least one additional value.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing of the objects to determine facet values is performed to determine facet values for a plurality of specified facet types, wherein the first visualization and the second visualization represent facet values in the objects for the specified facet types.

17. The system of claim 16,

wherein generating the first visualization comprises generating a visualization of a separate defined display region for each of the specified facet types for which at least one facet value is determined, wherein each defined display region includes representations of the facet values for one of the specified facet types;

and

wherein generating the second visualization comprises generating a visualization of a separate defined display region for each of the specified facet types for which at least one facet value is determined from the determined objects having the selected facet value, wherein each display region includes representations of facet values for one of the specified facet types.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining correlation values of the facet values for one of the facet types with facet values for at least one other facet types, wherein the visualization of the facet values in the first visualization provides different appearances of the facet values based on the correlation values of the facet values; and

determining correlation values of the facet values for one of the facet types with facet values for at least one other facet types from the determined objects having the selected facet value, wherein the visualization of the facet values in the second visualization provides different appearances of the facet values based on the correlation values determined for the facet values.

19. A method for rendering information on facets associated with objects, comprising:

processing the objects to determine facet types for which the objects have facet values;

receiving selection of at least one of the determined facet types;

processing the objects to determine facet values for the objects for at least one of the selected facet types;

generating in a computer readable storage medium a first visualization in a user interface of representations of the determined facet values for the objects, wherein the facet values for each facet type are displayed in a separate display region of a plurality of display regions, wherein each of the display regions corresponds to one of the facet types, and wherein each of the display regions groups facet values for each of the plurality of facet types;

receiving user selection of at least one of the facet values represented in the generated first visualization for at least one of the facet types represented in the at least display region;

determining objects having the at least one selected facet value;

determining at least one facet type having the at least one selected facet value;

determining facet values for the determined at least one facet type in each of the determined objects, wherein the determined facet values comprise the facet values for the determined at least one facet type in the determined objects in addition to the at least one selected facet value in the first visualization; and

generating a second visualization in the user interface of representations of the determined facet values in the determined objects having the at least one selected facet value in at least one display region for the determined at least one facet type to refine the objects used to generate the second visualization, wherein each of the at least one display region in the second visualization groups the determined and selected facet values for each of the determined at least one facet type.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the at least one selected facet value from the first visualization comprises a first selected facet value, further comprising:

receiving user selection of a second selected facet value comprising one of the at least one facet values represented in the generated second visualization;

determining objects having the first selected facet value and the second selected facet value for the specified facet type;

determining at least one facet value for the specified facet type for the determined objects having the first and second selected facet values; and

generating a third visualization of representations of the determined at least one facet value for the determined objects having the first and second selected facet values.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

rendering a list of a plurality of facet types; and

receiving user selection of one of the listed facet types, wherein the selected at least one facet type comprises the user selected facet type.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the representations of the facet values in the first and second visualizations provide different appearances of the facet values based on a frequency of the facet values in the determined objects that include the facet values.

23. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

receiving user selection of at least one additional facet value represented in the first visualization, wherein the determining the objects having the at least one selected facet value comprises determining the objects having the at least one selected facet value and the selected at least one additional value, wherein the determining the at least one facet value of the determined objects comprises determining at least one facet value for the determined objects having the at least one selected facet value and the selected at least one additional value.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein the processing of the objects to determine facet values is performed to determine facet values for a plurality of specified facet types, wherein the first visualization and the second visualization represent facet values in the objects for the specified facet types.

25. The method of claim 24,

wherein generating the first visualization comprises generating a visualization of a separate defined display region for each of the specified facet types for which at least one facet value is determined, wherein each defined display region includes representations of the facet values for one of the specified facet types;

and

wherein generating the second visualization comprises generating a visualization of a separate defined display region for each of the specified facet types for which at least one facet value is determined from the determined objects having the selected facet value, wherein each display region includes representations of facet values for one of the specified facet types.

26. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

determining correlation values of the facet values for one of the facet types with facet values for at least one other facet type, wherein the visualization of the facet values in the first visualization provides different appearances of the facet values based on the correlation values of the facet values; and

determining correlation values of the facet values for one of the facet types with facet values for at least one other facet type from the determined objects having the selected facet value, wherein the visualization of the facet values in the second visualization provides different appearances of the facet values based on the correlation values determined for the facet values.