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Systems and methods for ranking data visualizations

US9424318B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2014
Grant dateAug 23, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/9038
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of ranking data visualizations is performed at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs for execution by the processors. A user selects a plurality of data fields from a set of data, and the computing device generates a plurality of data visualization options. Each data visualization option associates each of the user-selected data fields with a respective predefined visual specification feature. For each of the generated data visualization options, the device calculates a score based on a set of ranking criteria. A first ranking criterion of the set of ranking criteria is based on values of one or more of the user-selected data fields in the set of data. A ranked list of the data visualization options is then created, where the ranked list is ordered according to the computed scores of the data visualization options.

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