Supporting a presentation of information to a user
US9639253B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B29/007
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus presents a plurality of information items to a user. Each information item corresponds to at least on piece of information that is marked by at least one tag in a single source script. The apparatus enables a user to select presented information items. The apparatus further enables a use of a plurality of pieces of information from the source script marked by tags, which correspond to information items selected by a user, for presentation in a single graphical representation to the user. Another apparatus automatically obtains a plurality of pieces of information marked by a plurality of tags included in a single source script that is available at a further apparatus, and presents the plurality of pieces of information in a single graphical representation to a user. The information may represent a plurality of locations, times or an area. The graphical representation may comprise a map or a timeline. The source script may be that of a Web page. A user may be enabled to perform a location based search or a time based search.
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