Systems and methods for providing a graphical display of search activity

A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising:

• instructions for receiving a request for displaying a user's computing activity over a unit of time for one or more activity types, the unit of time having a plurality of sub-units of time;
• instructions for identifying a user's previous computing history for the one or more activity types satisfying a condition;
• instructions for identifying for each of the plurality of sub-units of time a respective first activity number based on a first number of events in the user's previous computing history;
• instructions for associating one of a plurality of visually distinctive indicators to each of the plurality of sub-units of time in accordance with the respective first activity number, wherein each of the plurality of visually distinctive indicators corresponds to a distinct range of values;
• and
• instructions for graphically displaying the unit of time and the plurality of sub-units of time, wherein a respective display for each of the plurality of sub-units includes the associated one of the plurality of visually distinctive indicators.

A computer, comprising:

• a main memory;
• a processor;
• and
• a program, stored in the main memory and executed by the processor, the program including instructions for:
• instructions for receiving a request for displaying a user's computing activity over a unit of time for one or more activity types, the unit of time having a plurality of sub-units of time;
• instructions for identifying a user's previous computing history for the one or more activity types satisfying a condition;
• instructions for identifying for each of the plurality of sub-units of time a respective first activity number based on a first number of events in the user's previous computing history;
• instructions for associating one of a plurality of visually distinctive indicators to each of the plurality of sub-units of time in accordance with the respective first activity number, wherein each of the plurality of visually distinctive indicators corresponds to a distinct range of values;
• and
• instructions for graphically displaying the unit of time and the plurality of sub-units of time, wherein a respective display for each of the plurality of sub-units includes the associated one of the plurality of visually distinctive indicators.

A system of providing a graphical display of a user's computing activity, comprising:

• means for receiving a request for displaying a user's computing activity over a unit of time for one or more activity types, the unit of time having a plurality of sub-units of time;
• means for identifying a user's previous computing history for the one or more activity types satisfying a condition;
• means for identifying for each of the plurality of sub-units of time a respective first activity number in the user's computing history;
• means for associating one of a plurality of visually distinctive indicators to each of the plurality of sub-units of time in accordance with the respective first activity number, wherein each of the plurality of visually distinctive indicators corresponds to a distinct range of values;
• and
• means for graphically displaying the unit of time and the plurality of sub-units of time, wherein a respective display for each of the plurality of sub-units includes the associated one of the plurality of visually distinctive indicators.