- Patent Title: Generating a relationship visualization for nonhomogeneous entities
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Application No.: US13328989Application Date: 2011-12-16
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Publication No.: US09721039B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Eric A. Bier , Oliver Brdiczka
- Applicant: Eric A. Bier , Oliver Brdiczka
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP
- Agent Shun Yao
- Main IPC: G06T11/20
- IPC: G06T11/20 ; G06F17/30 ; G06Q10/10 ; G06Q10/06

Abstract:
A relationship visualization system displays contextual information for a relationship between two entities of a document management system, such as for a user and a document. The system can receive a request for a relationship visualization from a user, such that the request indicates the user and a document. Then, the system determines, from a multipartite graph, a set of relationship paths coupling entity nodes that correspond to the user and the document. A relationship path can include one or more entity nodes indicating contextual information for the relationship between the user and the document. Then, the system selects a first group of entity nodes from the set of relationship paths to represent the relationship between the user and the document. The system then provides a relationship visualization that displays contextual information from the first group of entity nodes to illustrate the relationship between the user and the document.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130155068A1 GENERATING A RELATIONSHIP VISUALIZATION FOR NONHOMOGENEOUS ENTITIES Public/Granted day:2013-06-20
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