- Patent Title: System and method for visualization of beacon clusters on the web
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Application No.: US15591353Application Date: 2017-05-10
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Publication No.: US10586358B1Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Philip S. Tellis
- Applicant: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G06T11/20 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for creating a visualization of beacons collected over a specified time period from users on a website. Beacons are rendered as nodes grouped into clusters, with relatedness between beacons being represented as a link. The number of nodes rendered is reduced along with the number of links that connect pairs of nodes. The resulting data structure is rendered as a force-directed chart by assigning force unit values to each of the nodes and links, each representative node of a cluster of nodes being assigned a relatively high negative charge and all remaining nodes in the cluster being assigned a relatively low negative charge. Link distances and strengths between unrelated/related clusters are also assigned values. A set of physical laws is applied to all of the nodes and links to determine their relative position in the visualization based on their assigned force unit values.
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