User Interface for Data Comparison

• US 20160098177A1
• Filed: 12/10/2015
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: MeLLmo Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Kraut, Joel
• Granted Patent: US 10,545,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

Systems and methods perform comparison of data represented as charts, for example, bar graphs, pie charts, line charts or stacked bar charts. The charts present visual representations mapping source values to target values. A user can select charts associated with a data records for comparison from an index of data records. The user selects a chart and a particular source value from the reference chart. The target values corresponding to the source value from other charts are compared against the target value from the reference chart. An aggregate of the target values associated with the source value from each chart may be presented to the user. The user can also use multi-touch input to select object representing data and drag them to perform actions associated with the objects. The actions performed on the objects depend on the locations of the objects as the user drags them.

Claims

1. A method for performing actions associated with objects on a screen using multi-touch input, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of objects on a display device, each object having a displayed first position on the display device;

receiving multi-touch input selecting at least a first object and a second object from the plurality of objects, the multi-touch input dragging the first object from its first position to a first destination position and the second object from its first position to a second destination position;

performing a first action on the first object, the first action determined according to the first destination position; and

performing a second action on the second selected object, the second action determined according to the second destination position.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first position of the first selected object is on a first display portion of the touch screen and the second position of the second selected object is on a second display portion of the touch screen, the method comprising:

determining the first action based on the presence of the first object on the first portion of the touch screen; and

determining the second action based on the presence of the second object on the second portion of the touch screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first action and the second action is determined based on a distance between the first destination position of the first object and the second destination position of the second object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first action and the second action are combined into a single action based on the first object and the second object.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the single action determines an aggregate of a value associated with the first object and a value associated with the second object.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the single action comprises a comparison of a value associated with the first object and a value associated with the second object.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein a metric used for determining the aggregate value depends on a position of the first object and a position of the second object.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein a metric used for determining the aggregate value depends on a distance between the first object and the second object.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the destination position of the first object corresponds to an original position of the second object and the destination position of the second object corresponds to an original first position of the first object, thereby causing the first object and the second object to swap positions.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to the first selected object being continued to be dragged from the first to a third position, performing a third action on the first selected object; and

responsive to the second selected object being continued to be dragged from the second position to a fourth position, performing a fourth action on the second selected object.

11. A method for displaying objects on a screen using multi-touch input, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of objects in a first region of a display screen of a device, each object associated with a data record;

receiving a multi-touch input selecting a first object and a second object from the plurality of objects;

receiving a multi-touch drag input moving the first object to a first destination position and the second object to a second destination position, the first and second positions associated with a second region of the display screen of the device;

presenting a first chart associated with the first object and a second chart associated with the second object;

receiving an input identifying a first tuple from the first chart, the first tuple associating a source value with a first target value;

identifying in the second chart a second target value associated with the source value; and

displaying an aggregate value based on the first target value and the second target value.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the aggregate value determines an indicia of comparison between the first target value and the second target value.

13. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for:

displaying a plurality of objects on a display device, each object having a displayed position on the display device;

receiving a multi-touch input selecting at least a first object and a second object from the plurality of objects, the multi-touch input dragging the first object to a first destination position and the second object to a second destination position;

performing a first action on the selected first object, the first action determined according to the first destination position; and

performing a second action on the second selected object, the second action determined according to the second destination position.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the first position of the first selected object is on a first display portion of the touch screen and the second position of the second selected object is on a second display portion of the touch screen, further storing instructions for:

determining the first action based on the presence of the first object on the first portion of the touch screen; and

determining the second action based on the presence of the second object on the second portion of the touch screen.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the first action and the second action is determined based on a distance between the first destination position of the first object and the second destination position of the second object.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the first action and the second action are combined into a single action based on the first object and the second object.

17. A computer-implemented system for performing actions associated with objects on a screen using multi-touch input, the system comprising:

a computer processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for;

displaying a plurality of objects on a display device, each object having a displayed position on the display device;

receiving a multi-touch input selecting at least a first object and a second object from the plurality of objects, the multi-touch input dragging the first object to a first destination position and the second object to a second destination position;

performing a first action on the selected first object, the first action determined according to the first destination position; and

performing a second action on the second selected object, the second action determined according to the second destination position.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 17, wherein the first position of the first selected object is on a first display portion of the touch screen and the second position of the second selected object is on a second display portion of the touch screen, the computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for:

determining the first action based on the presence of the first object on the first portion of the touch screen; and

determining the second action based on the presence of the second object on the second portion of the touch screen.

19. The computer-implemented system of claim 17, wherein the first action and the second action is determined based on a distance between the first position of the first object and the second position of the second object.

20. The computer-implemented system of claim 17, wherein the first action and the second action are combined into a single action based on the first object and the second object.