Gesture-based visualization of data grid on mobile device
US9904456B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 2, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/18
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mobile device user may quickly and naturally explore data received in a data grid from a remote database. A mobile device engine receives the database data including dimensions and measures, in a grid format comprising rows and columns of numerals. In response to a recognized suite of user gestures (e.g., horizontal swipe, vertical swipe, drag and drop), the engine may modify the data grid to provide a changed visualization, without the user device having to re-access a remote database server. In one example, a touch swipe down a column of the data grid may result in display of column data in vertical bar chart form, rather than exclusively as numerical values. Other user recognized gestures can include a user dragging and dropping one column into another, with horizontal bar visualizations combined into stacked bar charts that serve to rapidly apprise the user of a relative magnitude of column information.
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