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Supporting a presentation of information to a user

US9639253B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2011
Grant dateMay 2, 2017
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2032

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  • 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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