System and method for placing thematically-related clusters into a display

A method for placing thematically-related clusters into a display, comprising:

• grouping stored clusters sharing a common theme comprising shared concepts and terms, comprising;
• determining an anchor point on one of the stored clusters located on an open edge and at an intersection of a vector defined from a center of the one stored cluster;
• placing a center of a further one of the stored clusters outside of the anchor point and on the vector and limiting overlap of the one cluster and the further one cluster;
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• arranging the remaining stored clusters into an arrangement having a center originating outside of the anchor point and on the vector;
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• displaying the grouped clusters.

A system for determining a spatial arrangement of thematically-related clusters, comprising:

• a selection module to select a convex cluster from a set of convex clusters, which each comprise shared concepts and terms;
• a determination module to determine a center of mass for the selected convex cluster and to locate an anchor point comprising at least one open edge formed at an intersection of a segment measured from the center of mass and an edge of the convex cluster;
• a placement module to select one or more of the remaining convex clusters in the convex clusters set and to arrange the one or more remaining convex clusters with a center of mass originating outside of the anchor point and on the segment of the selected convex cluster, wherein overlap of the arranged convex clusters is limited;
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• a display module to display the arranged convex clusters within a display.

A method for determining a spatial arrangement of thematically-related clusters, comprising:

• selecting a convex cluster from a set of convex clusters, which each comprise shared concepts and terms;
• determining a center of mass for the selected convex cluster;
• locating an anchor point comprising at least one open edge formed at an intersection of a segment measured from the center of mass and an edge of the convex cluster;
• selecting one or more of the remaining convex clusters in the convex clusters set;
• arranging the one or more remaining convex clusters with a center of mass originating outside of the anchor point and on the segment of the selected convex cluster, wherein overlap of the arranged convex clusters is limited;
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• displaying the arranged convex clusters within a display.