US 9,519,677 B2Granted

Data graphing methods, articles of manufacture, and computing devices

AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute

InventorsPak Chung Wong, Patrick S. Mackey, Kristin A. Cook, Harlan P. Foote, Mark A. Whiting

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Abstract

Data graphing methods, articles of manufacture, and computing devices are described. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a data set, displaying a graphical representation including data of the data set which is arranged according to a first of different hierarchical levels, wherein the first hierarchical level represents the data at a first of a plurality of different resolutions which respectively correspond to respective ones of the hierarchical levels, selecting a portion of the graphical representation wherein the data of the portion is arranged according to the first hierarchical level at the first resolution, modifying the graphical representation by arranging the data of the portion according to a second of the hierarchal levels at a second of the resolutions, and after the modifying, displaying the graphical representation wherein the data of the portion is arranged according to the second hierarchal level at the second resolution.

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Dependent claims

A data graphing method comprising;

accessing a data set;
displaying a graphical representation including data of the data set which is arranged according to a first of a plurality of different hierarchical levels, wherein the first hierarchical level represents the data of the data set at a first of a plurality of different resolutions which respectively correspond to respective ones of the hierarchical levels;
selecting a portion of the graphical representation wherein the data of the portion is arranged according to the first hierarchical level at the first resolution, wherein the selecting comprises selecting as a result of a query from a user;
modifying the graphical representation by arranging the data of the portion including a plurality of foreground nodes according to a second of the hierarchical levels at a second of the resolutions which is an increased resolution compared with the first resolution;
after the modifying, displaying the graphical representation wherein the data of the portion is arranged according to the second hierarchical level at the second resolution and a plurality of background nodes of the data which were not selected are arranged according to the first hierarchical level at the first resolution;
and
wherein the displaying after the modifying comprises displaying the data of the portion at a location and having a shape which correspond to a location and a shape of the portion of the graphical representation before the modifying.

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An article of manufacture comprising:

at least one computer-readable storage medium storing programming configured to cause processing circuitry to perform processing comprising:
first displaying a first graphical representation of a data set wherein data of the data set is arranged at an intermediate resolution;
selecting a portion of the first graphical representation as a result of a query from a user;
arranging data which corresponds to the selected portion of the first graphical representation to include a plurality of foreground nodes at an increased resolution compared with the intermediate resolution;
after the arranging, second displaying a second graphical representation including the data which corresponds to the selected portion at the increased resolution, and wherein a plurality of background nodes of the data which were not selected are arranged according to the intermediate resolution;
and
wherein the data which corresponds to the selected portion is displayed in the second graphical representation at a location and having a shape which correspond to a location and a shape of the selected portion of the first graphical representation.

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A computing device comprising:

a display screen configured to display a graphical representation of a data set;
a user interface configured to receive user inputs of a user interacting with the computing device;
and
processing circuitry coupled with the display screen and the user interface and configured to access the user inputs and to select a portion of the graphical representation as a result of one of the user inputs being a query from a user, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to modify the graphical representation to represent data of the data set corresponding to the portion as a plurality of foreground nodes at a first resolution and to represent other data of the data set as plurality of background nodes at a second resolution which is less than the first resolution and to control the display screen to display the modified graphical representation which represents the data of the data set at the first and second resolutions and which includes the foreground nodes and the background nodes;
and
wherein the data corresponding to the portion is displayed in the modified graphical representation at a location and having a shape which correspond to a location and a shape of the selected portion of the graphical representation before the modification of the graphical representation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.