Data relationship visualizer
US8060540B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/904
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data having express or implied relationships may be displayed by selecting a starting entity in a data structure, building a relationship tree, and building and optimizing a relationship matrix based on the relationship tree. The optimized relationship matrix may be used to layout and render a graphical image that positions various elements with respect to the starting entity based on the relationships. The distance matrix may be optimized by creating a first distance matrix based on the relationship tree, developing a dissimilarity matrix based on expressed or implied relationships, and multiplying the dissimilarity matrix by a weighting factor to determine a distance matrix that may be optimized by multi-dimensional scaling. An optimized weighting factor may be determined and used to select an optimized distance matrix.
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