Systems and Methods for Navigating, Finding, and Presenting Data Objects
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsJochen Rode, Patrick Boettcher
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Abstract
Various systems and related methods involve navigating, finding, and visually presenting data objects or sets of data objects. In one implementation, a set of data objects is visually presented as a graphical element and one or more semantic relationships between the graphical element and other sets of data objects are visually presented. Furthermore, this includes a method for finding related sets of data objects by presenting different search paths and enabling the user to select a destination set of data objects based on the presented paths. One possible operation associated with this system includes presenting relationships between data objects outside of predefined work flows.
Claims19
A method of visually presenting information to a computer user, the method comprising:
- presenting multiple graphical elements, the graphical elements including a first graphical element corresponding to a first set of data objects;
- and
- presenting at least one semantic relationship between the first graphical element and another one of the graphical elements.
A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining semantically related data objects from at least one of an initial data object and an initial set of data objects;
- grouping data objects having the same type and having the same type of semantic relationship into a set of data objects;
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- determining information associated with at least one of a particular data object, a particular set of data objects, and a particular relationship.
An information system, comprising:
- means for receiving user input related to a particular data object;
- means for associating data objects of the same type with a corresponding set,
- means for determining sets of data objects which are semantically related to the particular data object;
- means for presenting a visual representation of the determined sets of data objects and at least one semantic relationship between the determined sets of data objects and the particular data object;
- means for altering the visual representation to present a modified visual representation in response to user selection of one of the sets of data objects being presented.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.