Display structure for representation of complex systems
AssigneeWordgraph, Inc.
InventorRobert B. Garvey
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Abstract
A multi-dimensional outline, a wordgraph, represents a subset of a directed graph with a given starting node where all edges related to a node in one direction, either incident out of that node or incident into that node appear indented below that node as in outlining represented by their terminal node or initial node respectively and all edges related in the other direction appear indented above that node represented by their initial node or terminal node, respectively, with the initial nodes and terminal nodes distinguished.
Claims10
In a computer, having a memory and a display, a method of displaying a representation of a complex structure stored in the memory, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying nodes and edges in the complex structure;
- selecting one of the nodes in the complex structure as a focus for display;
- generating a display image, displayable using text characters, wherein representations of nodes linked to the focus by edges including an edge incident out of the focus are offset in a first direction and representations of nodes linked to the focus by edges including an edge incident into the focus are offset in a second direction;
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- displaying the display image on the display.
A computer system, comprising:
- means for storing a listing of nodes and edges representing a complex system, wherein each edge has a direction and is incident out of a node and incident into a node;
- means for storing a selection of a node in the complex structure as a focus for display;
- means for generating a display image, displayable using text characters, representing the complex system wherein representations of nodes linked to the focus by edges including an edge incident out of the focus are offset in a first direction and representations of nodes linked to the focus by edges including an edge incident into the focus are offset in a second direction;
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- means for displaying the display image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.