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US 2013/0173667 A1Published application
Acyclic graph navigator
OwnerEric Soderberg, Steven Rothinventors
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Abstract
A method for navigating an acyclic graph includes the steps of generating two or more acyclic graphs, each of the two or more acyclic graphs relating to a specific topology, wherein at least two of the two or more acyclic graphs include at least one common node; receiving a request to generate a composite acyclic graph, wherein the composite acyclic graph includes the at least one common node; generating the composite acyclic graph; and displaying the specific node of the composite acyclic graph.
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A method for navigating an acyclic graph, comprising:
- generating two or more acyclic graphs, each of the two or more acyclic graphs relating to a specific topology, wherein at least two of the two or more acyclic graphs comprise at least one common node;
- receiving a request to generate a composite acyclic graph, wherein the composite acyclic graph comprises the at least one common node;
- generating the composite acyclic graph;
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- displaying a graph segment comprising a specific node of the composite acyclic graph.
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An acyclic graph navigator, comprising:
- a graphing module that generates a plurality of acyclic graphs, each acyclic graph related to a specific topology;
- a graph converter that combines two or more of the acyclic graphs to generate a composite acyclic graph;
- a display module that generates a graph segment comprising a selected node of the composite acyclic graph, and multiple ancestor and descendent nodes of the selected node, and further comprising edges linking the selected node and the ancestor and descendent nodes, and provides a display of the graph segment using a user interface;
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- a navigation module that accepts alternate node selections and provides instructions to the display module to generate an alternate graph segment based on the selected alternate node.
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