Generating visualizations of a display group of tags representing content instances in objects satisfying a search criteria

• US 8,954,428 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2012
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chitiveli, Srinivas V., Emanuel, Barton W.
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, HUNG D
• Application Number:
  US13/463,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20130212087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,013 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

Provided is a method for rendering search results. A search request is received having a search criteria to perform with respect to objects having content instances. A determination is made of the objects having qualifying content instances that satisfy the search criteria, an attribute value of the qualifying content instances for a specified attribute, and appearance settings for the qualifying content instances based on the determined attribute values. The appearance settings vary based on the attribute values. Tags are generated indicating the content instances and appearance settings for the content instances. A visualization of the tags in a display group are generated to provide visualization of the qualifying content instances in the objects according to the appearance settings, wherein visualizations of the tags is varied based on the determined appearance settings.

Claims

1. A method for rendering search results in a computer system, comprising:

receiving a search request having a search criteria to perform with respect to objects in a computer readable storage medium having content instances;

determining the objects having qualifying content instances that satisfy the search criteria;

determining an attribute value of the qualifying content instances for a specified attribute;

determining appearance settings for the qualifying content instances based on the determined attribute values, wherein the appearance settings vary based on the attribute values;

generating tags indicating the content instances and appearance settings for the content instances;

forming display groups including qualifying content instances, wherein each of the display groups is associated with a different attribute value of the qualifying content instances; and

generating a visualization of the tags in each of the display groups to provide visualization of the qualifying content instances in the objects according to the appearance settings, wherein visualizations of the tags is varied based on the determined appearance settings, and wherein the content instances in each of the display groups are displayed in one display region such that the content instances are displayed in different display regions for different display groups.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the visualized tags includes a link to information on the object having the qualifying content instance visualized by the tag.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the tags are visualized in a word cloud.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a display group definition comprising an object grouping identifying a display group criteria indicating objects to group together for one display group, the specified attribute for which the attribute value is determined, and appearance rules indicating different appearance settings for different attribute values, wherein the tags for the qualifying content instances in the objects satisfying the display group criteria are displayed grouped together.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a group number, wherein each of the display groups includes tags for qualifying content instances for up to the group number of objects; and

including at least one of the generated display regions on a page of search results.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute used to vary the appearance of the tags is a member of a group of attributes consisting of:

a frequency of the qualifying content instances in the object;

a correlation of the qualifying content instances to the search criteria;

a degree to which the qualifying content instance makes the object different from content instances in other objects;

a correlation of the qualifying content instance to an aggregation of search requests; and

an extent to which the qualifying content instance comprises a proper name.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the visualization of the display groups comprises:

a first cloud displaying tags based on a correlation of the qualifying content instances to the search criteria, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on a strength of the correlation of the qualifying content instances to the search criteria;

a second cloud displaying tags based on a frequency of an occurrence of the qualifying content instances in the object, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on the frequency of the occurrences of qualifying content instances in the object; and

a third cloud including tags of qualifying content instances that make the object different from the qualifying content instances in other of the objects, wherein the appearance settings of the qualifying content instances vary based on a strength of the extent to which the qualifying content instances makes the object different from the other objects having qualifying content instances.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing analytics on the determined objects to determine annotations for the qualifying content instances of the objects; and

determining the objects having annotations of an annotation type, wherein the specified attribute comprises the annotation type, and wherein the generated tags are for the qualifying content instances having annotation values corresponding to the annotation type, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on the annotation of the annotation type associated with the qualifying content instances.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on a frequency of the content instances associated with annotations of the annotation type or a correlation of the content instances associated with the annotations of the annotation type and the search criteria.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the annotation type is a member of a set of annotations types consisting of:

a tone annotation indicating an author tone of a context in which the qualifying content instances are used, wherein the attribute values used to vary the appearance settings comprise different tones of the context of the qualifying content instances;

a noun phrase annotation identifying content instances used in forming noun phrases, wherein the attribute value indicates a frequency of an occurrence of the qualifying content instances within noun phrases;

a named entity annotation indicating qualifying content instances forming person names, organizations and locations, wherein the attribute values indicate a frequency of an occurrence of the named entity in the object; and

a time based annotation identifying qualifying content instances comprising time based information, wherein the attribute value indicates a chronological time of the qualifying content instance, and wherein the appearance settings indicate a display of the tag on a time line according to an ordering of the chronological times associated with the qualifying content instances.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a plurality of word clouds for different annotation types, wherein each of the word clouds is associated with one of the annotation types and displays tags for the qualifying content instances, in at least one of the objects, associated with the annotation of the annotation type of the word cloud.

12. A computer program product for rendering search results, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein that executes to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a search request having a search criteria to perform with respect to objects having content instances;

determining the objects having qualifying content instances that satisfy the search criteria;

determining an attribute value of the qualifying content instances for a specified attribute;

determining appearance settings for the qualifying content instances based on the determined attribute values, wherein the appearance settings vary based on the attribute values;

generating tags indicating the content instances and appearance settings for the content instances;

forming display groups including qualifying content instances, wherein each of the display groups is associated with a different attribute value of the qualifying content instances; and

generating a visualization of the tags in each of the display groups to provide visualization of the qualifying content instances in the objects according to the appearance settings, wherein visualizations of the tags is varied based on the determined appearance settings, and wherein the content instances in each of the display groups are displayed in one display region such that the content instances are displayed in different display regions for different display groups.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein each of the visualized tags includes a link to information on the object having the qualifying content instance visualized by the tag.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the tags are visualized in display regions comprising word clouds.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing a display group definition comprising an object grouping identifying a display group criteria indicating objects to group together for one of the display groups, the specified attribute for which the attribute value is determined, and appearance rules indicating different appearance settings for different attribute values, wherein the tags for the qualifying content instances in the objects satisfying the display group criteria are displayed grouped together.

16. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining a group number wherein each of the display groups includes tags for qualifying content instances for up to the group number of objects; and

including at least one of the generated display regions on a page of search results.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the attribute used to vary the appearance of the tags is a member of a group of attributes consisting of:

a frequency of the qualifying content instances in the object;

a correlation of the qualifying content instances to the search criteria;

a degree to which the qualifying content instance makes the object different from content instances in other objects;

a correlation of the qualifying content instance to an aggregation of search requests; and

an extent to which the qualifying content instance comprises a proper name.

18. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein generating the visualization of the display groups comprises:

a first cloud displaying tags based on a correlation of the qualifying content instances to the search criteria, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on a strength of the correlation of the qualifying content instances to the search criteria;

a second cloud displaying tags based on a frequency of an occurrence of the qualifying content instances in the object, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on the frequency of the occurrences of qualifying content instances in the object; and

a third cloud including tags of qualifying content instances that make the object different from the qualifying content instances in other of the objects, wherein the appearance settings of the qualifying content instances vary based on a strength of the extent to which the qualifying content instances makes the object different from the other objects having qualifying content instances.

19. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

performing analytics on the determined objects to determine annotations for the qualifying content instances of the objects; and

determining the objects having annotations of an annotation type, wherein the specified attribute comprises the annotation type, and wherein the generated tags are for the qualifying content instances having annotation values corresponding to the annotation type, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on the annotation of the annotation type associated with the qualifying content instances.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on a frequency of the content instances associated with annotations of the annotation type or a correlation of the content instances associated with the annotations of the annotation type and the search criteria.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the annotation type is a member of a set of annotations types consisting of:

a tone annotation indicating an author tone of a context in which the qualifying content instances are used, wherein the attribute values used to vary the appearance settings comprise different tones of the context of the qualifying content instances;

a noun phrase annotation identifying content instances used in forming noun phrases, wherein the attribute value indicates a frequency of an occurrence of the qualifying content instances within noun phrases;

a named entity annotation indicating qualifying content instances forming person names, organizations and locations, wherein the attribute values indicate a frequency of an occurrence of the named entity in the object; and

a time based annotation identifying qualifying content instances comprising time based information, wherein the attribute value indicates a chronological time of the qualifying content instance, and wherein the appearance settings indicate a display of the tag on a time line according to an ordering of the chronological times associated with the qualifying content instances.

22. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying a plurality of word clouds for different annotation types, wherein each of the word clouds is associated with one of the annotation types and displays tags for the qualifying content instances, in at least one of the objects, associated with the annotation of the annotation type of the word cloud.

23. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

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

receiving a search request having a search criteria to perform with respect to objects having content instances;

determining the objects having qualifying content instances that satisfy the search criteria;

determining an attribute value of the qualifying content instances for a specified attribute;

determining appearance settings for the qualifying content instances based on the determined attribute values, wherein the appearance settings vary based on the attribute values;

generating tags indicating the content instances and appearance settings for the content instances;

forming display groups including qualifying content instances, wherein each of the display groups is associated with a different attribute value of the qualifying content instances; and

generating a visualization of the tags in each of the display groups to provide visualization of the qualifying content instances in the objects according to the appearance settings, wherein visualizations of the tags is varied based on the determined appearance settings, and wherein the content instances in each of the display groups are displayed in one display region such that the content instances are displayed in different display regions for different display groups.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein each of the visualized tags includes a link to information on the object having the qualifying content instance visualized by the tag.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the operations further comprise:

performing analytics on the determined objects to determine annotations for the qualifying content instances of the objects; and

determining the objects having annotations of an annotation type, wherein the specified attribute comprises the annotation type, and wherein the generated tags are for the qualifying content instances having annotation values corresponding to the annotation type, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on the annotation of the annotation type associated with the qualifying content instances.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the appearance settings of the tags vary based on a frequency of the content instances associated with annotations of the annotation type or a correlation of the content instances associated with the annotations of the annotation type and the search criteria.

27. The system program product of claim 23, wherein the tags are visualized in display regions comprising word clouds.

28. The system of claim 23, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing a display group definition comprising an object grouping identifying a display group criteria indicating objects to group together for one of the display groups, the specified attribute for which the attribute value is determined, and appearance rules indicating different appearance settings for different attribute values, wherein the tags for the qualifying content instances in the objects satisfying the display group criteria are displayed grouped together.