Virtual monocle interface for information visualization
OwnerBarr Rosenberg, Mark Gilbeau Howard +2inventors
InventorsBarr Rosenberg, Mark Gilbeau Howard, Alex Howard, Ian Howard
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Abstract
A virtual monocle interface system comprising multiple interfaces for accessing, presenting, and interacting with multi-dimensional information objects is described. The information objects are visualized in multiple formats across multiple different display units, and displayed for the user to see in two dimensional, two-and-one-half dimensional, or three dimensional forms. The information objects can also be visualized using virtual reality.
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A computer-implemented method for visualizing a structured, multi-dimensional dataset on multiple display units, comprising:
- (a) receiving, from a database, datasets according to a user request, the datasets comprising a plurality of information objects, wherein the plurality of information objects are a set of records linked or related using a mathematical relationship defined in a multi-dimensional space and wherein each information object comprises structured data including sub-objects;
- (b) displaying, on a first graphical user interface of a first device, a first visualization of the plurality of information objects;
- (c) determining, by one or more processors, which subset of the plurality of information objects to be displayed on a second graphical user interface based at least on user information, user inputs, and information obtained from the first device and a second device, wherein the information comprises one or more members selected from the group consisting of a position, distance, and orientation of the second device with respect to the first device once the first device is connected to the second device;
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- (d) displaying, on the second graphical user interface of the second device, a second visualization of the subset of the information objects, the second visualization different in form from the first visualization.
A virtual monocle interface system for visualizing information, comprising:
- a database configured to store a plurality of information objects, wherein the plurality of information objects are a set of records linked or related using a mathematical relationship defined in a multi-dimensional space and wherein each information object comprises structured data including sub-objects;
- a first device comprising a first graphics user interface;
- a second device comprising a second graphical user interface;
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- one or more processors in communication with a computer readable medium storing software instructions that are executable by the one or more processors in order to cause the virtual monocle interface system to:
- receive, from the database, the plurality of information objects corresponding to a user request;
- display, on the first graphical user interface of the first device, a first visualization of the plurality of information objects;
- determine, by the one or more processors, which subset of the plurality of information objects to be displayed on the second graphical user interface based at least on user information, user inputs, and information obtained from the first device and the second device, wherein the information comprises one or more members selected from the group consisting of a position, distance, and orientation of the second device with respect to the first device once the first device is connected to the second device;
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- display, on the second graphical user interface of the second device, a second visualization of the subset of the information objects, the second visualization different in form from the first visualization.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.