US 10,120,527 B2Granted

Treemap perspective manipulation

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsMatthew R. Claycomb, Trenton J. Johnson, James L. Lentz, Dana L Price, Charmant K. Tan, Ramratan Vennam

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Abstract

Dynamic display of hierarchical data in the form of a treemap. A first instance of an object representation is selected in a first visualization of a hierarchy encoded by containment. A second instance of the object representation is designated, wherein each instance is a tier for object occupation. An object within the hierarchy is displayed as a shape comprising at least two opposing surfaces, and the object is selected through the opposing surfaces. The hierarchy is dynamically re-ordered in response to the selection and designation, and the second representation of the hierarchy is displayed based on the dynamic re-ordering.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

in a first representation of a hierarchy encoded by containment and visually displayed as a tree-map, displaying each object within the first representation as a shape comprising at least two opposing surfaces, wherein the first representation comprises one or more first objects assigned to a first tier in the hierarchy and one or more second objects assigned to a second tier in the hierarchy, and wherein each shape of a second object is nested within a shape of a first object;
selecting a first shape of one of the objects within the first representation, and designating the selected shape to a different tier by moving the selected shape onto a second shape of one of the objects within the first representation in the different tier, wherein the selection and designation of the selected shape to the different tier is a single action;
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creating a second representation of the hierarchy in response to the designation, including dynamically re-ordering the objects of the first representation within the tiers of the hierarchy, wherein the second representation comprises the first objects assigned to the second tier and the second objects assigned to the first tier.

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Application: 14/088,914Filed 25 Nov 2013 · continuation
Priority: 21 May 2013
Published: US 2014/0351730 A127 Nov 2014
Granted: 6 Nov 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/0481
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a…
G06F 3/0486
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

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Application13/899,185Parent of this continuation · filed 21 May 2013
US 2014/0351731 A1Pre-grant publication · published 27 Nov 2014
US 9,696,872 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0351730 A1Published application
US 10,120,527 B2This patent

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