Dashboard controls to manipulate visual data

US10114875B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Gur Kimchi · Bellevue, US
• Danyel A. Fisher · Seattle, US
• Brian Welcker · Seattle, US
• Jason Weber · Peoria, US
• Ahmed K. Kamal · Bellevue, US
• Benjamin Edward Rampson · Woodinville, US
• William Guthrie Morein · Seattle, US
• Morten Holm-Peterson · Copenhagen, DK
• Bongshin Lee · Issaquah, US
• George G. Robertson · Foster City, US
• Christian Schormann · Seattle, US
• Barry James Givens · Redmond, US
• Joshua W. Lee · Englewood, US
• B. Scott Ruble · Bellevue, US
• Jakob Peter Nielsen · Redmond, US
• Michael Ehrenberg · Seattle, US
• Stella Yick Chan · Kirkland, US
• Murali R. Krishnan · Redmond, US
• Christian Olaf Abeln · Helsingborg, SE
• Roland L. Fernandez · Woodinville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2008
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T11/40
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system (and corresponding methodology) by which a user can interact directly with visual data is provided. The system employs associations and relationships between visual data objects to automatically update objects based upon a change in other objects. The innovation also provides specialized controls (e.g., dashboard tools/controls) that facilitate manipulation of visual data. As there can be numerous manners in which a user can interact with visualization data, the innovation enables a specialized set of controls to be identified and provided to a user thereby reducing overwhelming effects of a large number of controls.