System and method for visual exploration of search results in two-mode networks
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsJian ZHAO, Francine CHEN, Patrick CHIU
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Abstract
A method of visualizing search results is provided. The method includes receiving a content feature, detecting, within a network, a subnetwork pattern representing a relationship satisfying a condition and associated with an entity of a first or a second type, the entity being associated with the content feature, and generating a visualization based on the detected subnetwork pattern. The visualization includes a first region representative of the first type of entity, a second region representative of the second type of entity, and a linking region connecting the first region to the second region and providing information about the represented relationship.
Claims20
A method of visualizing search results, the method comprising:
- receiving a content feature;
- detecting, within a network, a subnetwork pattern representing a relationship satisfying a condition and associated with an entity of a first or a second type, the entity being associated with the content feature;
- and;
- generating a visualization based on the detected subnetwork pattern, wherein the visualization comprises:
- a first region representative of the first type of entity;
- a second region representative of the second type of entity;
- and
- a linking region connecting the first region to the second region and providing information about the represented relationship.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a program for making a computer execute a method of visualizing search results, the method comprising:
- receiving a content feature;
- detecting, within a network, a subnetwork pattern representing a relationship satisfying a condition and associated with an entity of a first or a second type, the entity being associated with the content feature;
- and;
- generating a visualization based on the detected subnetwork pattern, wherein the visualization comprises:
- a first region representative of the first type of entity;
- a second region representative of the second type of entity;
- and
- a linking region connecting the first region to the second region and providing information about the represented relationship.
A computer apparatus configured to visualize search results, the computer apparatus comprising:
- a memory storing relationship data comprising a plurality of relationships, each relationship being associated with an entity selected from a plurality of entities of the first type and an entity selected from a plurality of entities of the second type;
- and
- a processor executing a process comprising:
- receiving a content feature;
- detecting a plurality of subnetwork patterns, each of the plurality of subnetwork patterns representing a relationship satisfying a condition and associated with either the entity selected from the plurality of entities of the first type or the entity selected from the plurality of entities of the second type, which is associated with the received content feature;
- and
- generating a visualization based on the detected subnetwork pattern, wherein the visualization comprises:
- a first region representative of the first type of entity;
- a second region representative of the second type of entity;
- and
- a linking region connecting the first region to the second region and providing information about the represented relationship,
- wherein the visualization comprises a plurality of rows, each row associated with one of the plurality of detected subnetwork patterns satisfying the condition;
- and
- a display device configured to display the generated visualization.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.