System and Method for Muulti-Dimensional Organization, Management, and Manipulation of Remote Data

• US 20090282369A1
• Filed: 05/04/2009
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quantum Matrix Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Quantum Matrix Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Jones, Dennis Benson
• Granted Patent: US 8,434,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/848
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/283 Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957

Abstract

The Quantum Matrix system is a multi-dimensional, multi-threaded exchange environment for data organization, management, and manipulation. Data is organized into a multi-dimensional structure of nodes. Nodes may represent data, absence of data, or another set of nodes. The multi-dimensional structure or portions of it can be automatically created from a file system. One or more associations are also defined for the multi-dimensional structure. An association indicates a relationship between a node and another node, data, or a set of nodes. The multi-dimensional structure is then displayed three-dimensionally and navigated. Relational logic, Boolean algebra, or a scripting language can be applied to the nodes, data, and associations to produce a resultant set of nodes. Furthermore, portions of the multi-dimensional structure can be isolated with the use of planes to ease navigation. Furthermore, the Quantum Matrix system may have a client-server architecture, with the client running on a mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for accessing data visually across a communication channel, comprising:

(a) receiving, on a first computing device, data from a second computing device via the communication channel, the data representing at least a portion of a multi-dimensional structure including a plurality of nodes, wherein each node represents one of a data, an absence of data, and a set of nodes and, wherein each node has a three-dimensional coordinate;

(b) displaying, on the first computing device, at least a portion of the multi-dimensional structure in a three-dimensional space, wherein each node is displayed at a location in the three-dimensional space defined by its three-dimensional coordinate;

(c) receiving, on the first computing device, a node selection input; and

(d) accessing data corresponding to the selected node.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first computing device is a mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving (c) comprises:

receiving, on the first computing device, an operating system message that includes data representing the selected node from a message generator device;

generating, on the first computing device, a user interface protocol message based on the operating system message; and

sending, on the first computing device, at least a portion of the user interface protocol message to an application plug-in module, wherein the application plug-in module corresponds to a format of the node'"'"'s data and implements a known interface.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the accessing (d) comprises using the application plug-in module to interpret the data corresponding to the selected node.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the first computing device is a mobile device with fewer computing resources than the second computing device, and the first computing device does not enable the user to edit the multi-dimensional structure.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving (a) comprises receiving the data from the second computing device in response to a remote procedure call.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving (a) comprises receiving the data from the second computing device via a web service.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data received from the second computing device comprises data received by the second computing device from other data sources.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional coordinate is able to define any location within the interior of the three-dimensional space.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

(e) receiving a navigational input to translate along an x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis in the three-dimensional space and to change a roll, pitch, and yaw within the three-dimensional space.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiver module is configured to receive the data from the second computing device in response to a remote procedure call.

11. A system for accessing data visually on a first computing device across a communication channel, comprising:

a receiver module configured to receive data from a second computing device via the communication channel, the data representing at least a portion of a multi-dimensional structure including a plurality of nodes, wherein each node represents one of a data, an absence of data, and a set of nodes and, wherein each node has a three-dimensional coordinate;

a display module configured to display at least a portion of the multi-dimensional structure in a three-dimensional space, wherein each node is displayed at a location in the three-dimensional space defined by its three-dimensional coordinate;

an input module configured to receive an input from a user to select a node; and

a reader module configured to access data corresponding to the selected node,

wherein each of the modules is configured to run on the first computing device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first computing device is a mobile device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the reader module comprises:

an application plug-in module that implements a known interface and is configured to access data having a format of the selected node'"'"'s data, and

wherein the input module comprises;

a kernel module configured to receive an operating system message from a message generator device, to generate a user interface protocol message based on the operating system message, and to send at least a portion of the user interface protocol message to the application plug-in module,

wherein the application plug-in module and the kernel module are configured to run on the first computing device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first computing device is a mobile device with fewer computing resources than the second computing device, the first computing device does not enable the user to edit the multi-dimensional structure.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the receiver module is configured to receive the data from the second computing device via a web service.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the data received from the second computing device comprises data received by the second computing device from other data sources.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the three-dimensional coordinate is able to define any location within the interior of the three-dimensional space.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the input module is configured to receive a navigational input to translate along an x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis in the three-dimensional space and to change a roll, pitch, and yaw within the three-dimensional space.

20. The system of claim 11, further comprising a remote control module configured to send a message to the second computing device to edit a structure of nodes on the second computing device.

21. A system for accessing data visually on a first computing device across a communication channel, comprising:

a means for receiving data from a second computing device via the communication channel, the data representing at least a portion of a multi-dimensional structure including a plurality of nodes, wherein each node represents one of a data, an absence of data, and a set of nodes and, wherein each node has a three-dimensional coordinate;

a means for displaying at least a portion of the multi-dimensional structure in a three-dimensional space, wherein each node is displayed at a location in the three-dimensional space defined by its three-dimensional coordinate;

a means for receiving an input from a user to select a node; and

a means for accessing data corresponding to the selected node.

22. A system for sending a data on a first computing device across a communication channel, comprising:

an edit module configured to enable a user to edit a structure of nodes, the structure of nodes including a plurality of nodes, wherein each node represents one of a data, an absence of data, and a set of nodes and has a three-dimensional coordinate; and

a sender module configured to send at least a portion of the structure of nodes to a second computing device via the communication channel, wherein the second computing device displays at least a portion of the structure of nodes in a three-dimensional space, wherein each node is displayed at a location in the three-dimensional space defined by its three-dimensional coordinate;

wherein each of the modules is configured to run on the first computing device.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising a data aggregator module that retrieves data from at least one data source for the structure of nodes.