System and method for providing ambient information to user through layered visual montage

A computing system for generating a visual montage, the system comprising:

• one or more processors,
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
• determining a plurality of layers in the visual montage, wherein a respective layer is associated with a time range and a plurality of predetermined slots for assigning graphical objects;
• obtaining data representing a set of graphical objects and constraints associated with the graphical objects;
• obtaining information associated with an event and a respective time from an ambient environment of a user;
• determining that the respective time is within the time range of a specific layer;
• assigning at least one graphical object to the specific layer according to the constraints associated with the graphical object to generate the visual montage;
• and
• displaying the visual montage with the graphical object representing the event on a display screen.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for generating a visual montage, the method comprising:

• determining a plurality of layers in the visual montage, wherein a respective layer is associated with a time range and a plurality of predetermined slots for assigning graphical objects;
• obtaining data representing a set of graphical objects and constraints associated with the graphical objects;
• obtaining information associated with an event and a respective time from an ambient environment of a user;
• determining that the respective time is within the time range of a specific layer;
• assigning at least one graphical object to the specific layer according to the constraints associated with the graphical object to generate the visual montage;
• and
• displaying the visual montage with the graphical object representing the event on a display screen.