Tool and method for annotating an event map, and collaborating using the annotated event map

US8433998B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Daniel M. Coffman · Bethel, US
• Jonathan Paul Munson · Putnam Valley, US
• Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami · Wilton, US
• Danny Soroker · Larchmont, US
• Jingtao Wang · Hubei, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 28, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A tool for mapping an event includes a map generator for generating an event map, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and in another aspect, a tool for annotating an event map includes a map generator for generating an event map, an annotating unit for annotating the event map based on a user input, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map.