Dynamic visualization of big data

• US 9,633,090 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2015
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Duckworth, William M., Holley, Kerrie L., Sivakumar, Gandhi
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, QUOC DUC
• Application Number:
  US14/697,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20160323443A1
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 3792661
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/283 Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5133 Operator terminal details

Abstract

Dynamic visualization of big data is provided. Data describing a user is received from at least one of a plurality of data sources. One or more characteristics of the user are determined based, at least in part, on the data describing the user. One or more visual indicators are determined based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics of the user. A visual representation of the user is presented. The visual representation is based, at least in part, on the one or more visual indicators.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

establishing, by one or more computer processors, a communication connection over a network between a user of a target computer and a user of a client computer, whereby the user of the target computer and the user of the client computer interact using the communication connection;

responsive to establishing the communication connection, receiving, by the one or more computer processors, one or more characteristics of the user of the client computer from at least one of a plurality of data sources including the client computer;

mapping, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more characteristics to one or more visual indicators using a translation map, wherein the translation map includes at least one table associating characteristics of the user of the client computer with visual indicators, and wherein the one or more visual indicators are visual representations of textual content describing the one or more characteristics;

generating, by the one or more computer processors, a user profile for the user of the client computer including at least the visual indicator identified for the characteristic of the user of the client computer; and

presenting, by the one or more computer processors, the user profile to the user of the target computer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to determining that no visual indicator is identified for a characteristic of the one or more characteristics of the user of the client computer, generating, by the one or more computer processors, a text indicator including text describing the characteristic of the user of the client computer.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

responsive to generating the text indicator for the characteristic of the user of the client computer, updating, by the one or more computer processors, the user profile to include the text indicator.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more computer processors, one or more updated characteristics of the user of the client computer, wherein the one or more updated characteristics are received after the user profile is presented to the user of the target computer;

responsive to receiving the one or more updated characteristics of the user of the client computer, updating, by the one or more computer processors, the user profile to include visual indicators identified for the one or more updated characteristics; and

presenting, by the one or more computer processors, the user profile to the user of the target computer including the visual indicators identified for the one or more updated characteristics.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile is an avatar of the user of the client computer including the one or more visual indicators superimposed over at least a portion of the avatar.

6. A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to establish a communication connection over a network between a user of a target computer and a user of a client computer, whereby the user of the target computer and the user of the client computer interact using the communication connection;

program instructions to, responsive to establishing the communication connection, one or more characteristics of the user of the client computer from at least one of a plurality of data sources including the client computer;

program instructions to map the one or more characteristics to one or more visual indicators using a translation map, wherein the translation map includes at least one table associating characteristics of the user of the client computer with visual indicators, and wherein the one or more visual indicators are visual representations of textual content describing the one or more characteristics;

program instructions to generate a user profile for the user of the client computer including at least the visual indicator identified for the characteristic of the user of the client computer; and

program instructions to present the user profile to the user of the target computer.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to, responsive to determining that no visual indicator is identified for a characteristic of the one or more characteristics of the user of the client computer, generate for the one of the one or more characteristics of the user of the client computer, a text indicator including text describing the characteristic of the user of the client computer.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to, responsive to generating the text indicator for the characteristic of the user of the client computer, update the user profile to include the text indicator.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to receive one or more updated characteristics of the user of the client computer, wherein the one or more updated characteristics are received after the user profile is presented to the user of the target computer;

program instructions to, responsive to receiving the one or more updated characteristics of the user of the client computer, update the user profile to include visual indicators identified the one or more updated characteristics; and

program instructions to present the user profile to the user of the target computer including the visual indicators identified for the one or more updated characteristics.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the user profile is an avatar of the user of the client computer including the one or more visual indicators superimposed over at least a portion of the avatar.

11. A computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to establish a communication connection over a network between a user of a target computer and a user of a client computer, whereby the user of the target computer and the user of the client computer interact using the communication connection;

program instructions to, responsive to establishing the communication connection, one or more characteristics of the user of the client computer from at least one of a plurality of data sources including the client computer;

program instructions to map the one or more characteristics to one or more visual indicators using a translation map, wherein the translation map includes at least one table associating characteristics of the user of the client computer with visual indicators, and wherein the one or more visual indicators are visual representations of textual content describing the one or more characteristics;

program instructions to generate a user profile for the user of the client computer including at least the visual indicator identified for the characteristic of the user of the client computer; and

program instructions to present the user profile to the user of the target computer.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to, responsive to determining that no visual indicator is identified for a characteristic of the one or more characteristics of the user of the client computer, generate for the one of the one or more characteristics of the user of the client computer, a text indicator including text describing the characteristic of the user of the client computer.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to, responsive to generating the text indicator for the characteristic of the user of the client computer, update the user profile to include the text indicator.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to receive one or more updated characteristics of the user of the client computer, wherein the one or more updated characteristics are received after the user profile is presented to the user of the target computer;

program instructions to, responsive to receiving the one or more updated characteristics of the user of the client computer, update the user profile to include visual indicators identified the one or more updated characteristics; and

program instructions to present the user profile to the user of the target computer including the visual indicators identified for the one or more updated characteristics.