Assisted filtering of multi-dimensional data
US8965907B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/26
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Interactive and dynamic exploring of filter criteria for large amounts of numerical data having multiple dimensions is described. Exploration occurs without excessive amounts of computation or querying of a database based on a data set summary that may be obtained from a server in a search system and applied by a client device. A data set is summarized so as to capture relationships between distributions of items in the data set along multiple dimensions. To explore filter criteria, a user may interactively adjust a range of values that act as a filter criteria along a dimension and determine an effect on a distribution of items along another dimension. The client device may apply the data summary in reverse to determine, based on user input specifying aspects of a distribution along one dimension, filter criteria for another dimension that would result in the specified distribution.
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