Intelligent positioning of items in a tree map visualization
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRobert Leah, Kenneth Parzygnat, Robert Uthe
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Abstract
A system for displaying a tree map visualization including a processor, a memory device, and program code resident in the memory device. The program code is executable by the processor to prioritize data in a data set so as to associate a priority with respective elements of the data in the data set, to predefine a pattern that reflects a desired display pattern for the associated priority of the elements of the data in the data set, to generate the tree map visualization that positions within a display space, and to display the tree map visualization on a display device.
Claims7
A system for displaying a tree map visualization comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory device;
- program code resident in the memory device, the program code executable by the processor to:
- prioritize data in a data set so as to associate a priority with respective elements of the data in the data set, where the associated priorities designate a desired sequence to the respective elements of the data set;
- predefine a pattern that reflects a desired display pattern for the associated priority of the elements of the data in the data set;
- generate the tree map visualization that positions within a display space, a combination of bounding boxes corresponding to the elements of the data in the data set and void regions where no information is displayed, such that each bounding box in the tree map visualization is arranged in priority order based upon the sequence designated by the priority associated with its corresponding element and the predefined pattern and the void regions fill in the remainder of the display space where no bounding box is present;
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- display the tree map visualization on a display device.
A system for displaying data from a data set in a tree map visualization, comprising:
- processor means for prioritizing the data in the data set so as to associate a priority with respective elements of the data in the data set, where the associated priorities designate a desired sequence to the respective elements of the data set and predefining a pattern that reflects a desired display pattern for the associated priority of the elements of the data in the data set, the processor means further for generating the tree map visualization that positions within a display space, a combination of bounding boxes corresponding to the elements of the data in the data set and void regions where no information is displayed, such that each bounding box in the tree map visualization is arranged in priority order based upon the sequence designated by the priority associated with its corresponding element and the predefined pattern and the void regions fill in the remainder of the display space where no bounding box is present;
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- display means for displaying the tree map visualization on a display device.
A computer program product for displaying data from a data set in a tree map visualization, comprising:
- a computer-usable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to prioritize the data in the data set so as to associate a priority with respective elements of the data in the data set, where the associated priorities designate a desired sequence to the respective elements of the data set;
- computer readable program code configured to predefine a pattern that reflects a desired display pattern for the associated priority of the elements of the data in the data set;
- computer readable program code configured to generate the tree map visualization that positions within a display space, a combination of bounding boxes corresponding to the elements of the data in the data set and void regions where no information is displayed, such that each bounding box in the tree map visualization is arranged in priority order based upon the sequence designated by the priority associated with its corresponding element and the predefined pattern and the void regions fill in the remainder of the display space where no bounding box is present;
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- computer readable program code configured to display the tree map visualization on a display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.