Patent Grant
10198485
Computer-enabled mapping systems have been developed to allow users to locate business and personal addresses, natural or human-made structures, topographical layouts, and the like. In a typical setting, users program a physical address into a mapping application in order to locate the address or to obtain travel directions to the address. Often, information used by a mapping application user is manually input from a computer-generated list or file, for example, entry of an address from a contacts file. Once a user locates an item of interest using a computer-enabled mapping application, he/she typically must rely on a physical information file or computer-generated information file for information about the located item of interest. Thus, there is a need for integration of computer-enabled information with a computer-enabled mapping application to provide a visualization of the computer-enabled information in association with a computer-enabled map.
It is with respect to these and other considerations that the present invention has been made.
Embodiments of the present invention solve the above and other problems by providing for authoring of visualizations of computer-enabled information in association with computer-enabled maps. One or more data items, for example, a list of real estate offerings and a list of public schools in the same area as the real estate offerings, may be imported (e.g., dragged and dropped) onto a computer-generated mapping surface. A data visualization application may obtain location information, for example, physical address or latitude/longitude coordinates, for each data item. A map showing a geographical area large enough to contain each data item may be automatically generated and displayed, and each data item may be located on the map and may be identified by an identifying icon or label. A legend providing information for the data items may be displayed. Selection of an icon or label for any of the data items may cause display of an information box on the mapping surface to provide information about the data item associated with the selected icon or label. According to embodiments, the map display and visualization of the data items on the map display may be dynamically modified as one or more other data items are imported onto the visualization surface or as one or more existing data items are removed from the visualization surface. Thus, according to embodiments, any user viewing the computer-enabled map with access to one or more data sets of various types may construct their own visualizations on top of the map by moving (e.g., dragging and dropping) various data items or data sets onto the map where the moving of any data item onto the map or the moving of any data item off the map may result in a new and unique visualization and user experience.
The details of one or more embodiments are set forth in the accompanying drawings and description below. Other features and advantages will be apparent from a reading of the following detailed description and a review of the associated drawings. It is to be understood that the following detailed description is explanatory only and is not restrictive of the invention as claimed.
This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
As briefly described above, embodiments of the present invention are directed to authoring (e.g., generating and editing) and displaying a visualization of one or more data items on a computer-generated map. One or more data items, for example, data items associated with an electronic file may be imported (e.g., dragged and dropped) onto an electronic mapping surface. For example, a spreadsheet application file containing names of various businesses and addresses for each of the various businesses may be dragged onto an electronic mapping surface. Likewise, the example spreadsheet application file may be selected from a menu of files for importing to the electronic mapping surface. A data visualization application may obtain location information from the imported file, for example, physical addresses or latitude/longitude coordinates, and pass the obtained physical information to an electronic mapping application for locating each data item on an electronic map.
The data visualization application may then generate an electronic map showing a geographical area large enough to contain each physical location associated with each imported data item. An electronic map may then be displayed on a visualization surface, and each imported data item may be identified on the electronic map by an identifying icon or label. Selection of one of the identifying icons or labels may cause a display of a text box or dialog box showing information about the data item associated with the selected icon or label. For example, the name of a business, address for the business, and any identifying information about the business obtained from the imported data item, for example, spreadsheet file, may be displayed in the text box or dialog box for review by a user.
If additional data items are imported to the electronic mapping surface, or if existing data items are removed from the mapping surface, the visualization for the data items in association with the electronic map may be dynamically changed for showing an updated visualization containing new or amended data items and associated information. In addition, data items imported onto the visualization surface may be interacted with by users, and if user interaction causes changes to imported data items, the associated visualization of data items on the electronic map may be dynamically modified.
As described in detail below, according to embodiments, each individual data item need not be moved onto the mapping surface separately for effecting a change to the mapping visualization responsive to each individual data item. Instead, one or more data visualizations may be moved onto the mapping surface where the one or more data visualizations include a plurality of layered or nested data items, and the mapping surface may be dynamically changed to reflect all the data items included in the data visualizations moved onto the mapping surface. In addition, data visualizations moved onto the surface may be modified by moving additional data onto the data visualization (e.g., a third data item and type such as locations of public and private schools). When a data visualization moved onto the mapping surface is thus modified, the data visualization may be modified and the mapping surface may be modified to reflect the new data. In addition, data items, for example, charts, moved onto the mapping surface may be linked back to data sources from which the data items are imported. If data in the data sources are changed, then the data items moved onto the mapping surface may be dynamically changed, and the mapping visualization likewise may be changed.
The following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawing and the following description to refer to the same or similar elements. While embodiments of the invention may be described, modifications, adaptations, and other implementations are possible. For example, substitutions, additions, or modifications may be made to the elements illustrated in the drawings, and the methods described herein may be modified by substituting, reordering, or adding stages to the disclosed methods. Accordingly, the following detailed description does not limit the invention, but instead, the proper scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.
Input or other interaction with the computing device 100 may be performed according to a variety of input means. Suitable input means include, but are not limited to, keyboard/mouse entry/interaction, touch screen interaction, for example, where a user writes, draws, or otherwise interacts with software application functionality through touching the display screen of the computing device 100, electronic pen/stylus interaction, voice command, wherein for example, a user issues commands to software application functionality or issues voice-based content entry, gesture commands, and the like. According to an embodiment, for purposes of receiving voice-based and gesture-based input, the device 100 may be coupled a microphone operative to capture voice commands, and the device 100 may be coupled a camera operative to record and capture motions and/or gestures made by a user. Such a camera may be operative to provide motion detection capable of detecting movement from users for interpreting the movements as commands for causing changes in application functionality. For example, a camera may comprise a Microsoft® Kinect® motion capture device comprising a plurality of cameras and a plurality of microphones for capturing both motion and voice or other audio information.
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The data visualization application 125 is illustrative of a software application having sufficient computer executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, to provide a visualization 106 of one or more data items in association with a displayed electronic map. According to embodiments of the present invention, the data visualization application 125 is operative to receive one or more data items imported onto a visualization surface 105 and for displaying an electronic map comprising a geographic area large enough to include one or more data items. According to embodiments, the data visualization application 125 is operative to provide a display of the electronic map or to call on a separate electronic mapping application for obtaining a generated electronic map as required for displaying information associated with the imported data items. That is, the data visualization application 125 may operate as a standalone application on a given computing device, or the data visualization application 125 may operate as part of a service where application functionality and data are accessed via a distributed computing environment (e.g., cloud-based system) where for example the data visualization application 125 operates from a remote server and one or more data items dropped onto a client-side instance of the data visualization application are imported from one or more remote storage media. Further discussion of computing environments in which the data visualization application 125 and associated data may operate is set out below with reference for
In addition, the data visualization application is operative to generate and display one or more objects including text-based objects, spreadsheet application objects, slide presentation application objects, photographic images, graphical icons/images and the like on an electronic map 110 in association with one or more imported data items 121. As will be described below with reference to
According to embodiments, the data visualization application 125 is operative to cause a display of information in association with the electronic map 110 as a standalone application, or the data visualization application 125 is operative to obtain functionality for displaying the information in association with the map 110 from a variety of functionality applications 128. For example, the data visualization application 125 may cause the presentation of a text-based object in association with the map 110, or the application 125 may call on the functionality of a word processing application 128 for causing the display of a text-based object in association with the map 110. Similarly, the data visualization application 125 may cause the display of other data objects, such as spreadsheet objects, slide presentation objects, notes objects, comments objects, calendar objects, or any other displayable object, the display of which may be caused by the data visualization application 125 or the display of which may be caused by a separate application 128 called upon by the data visualization application 125 for required functionality.
According to embodiments, the data visualization application 125 may obtain information associated with an imported data item from one or more data repositories 135, 140, 145, 150. For example, if a person's name is imported onto the visualization surface 105, the data visualization application 125 may be operative for obtaining an address and other information for the person's name from a contacts database 135. Similarly, the data visualization application 125 may be operative for obtaining calendar information for the person from a calendar database 140. As should be appreciated, a variety of other information may be obtained by the data visualization application 125 in association with data items imported onto the visualization surface 105 in association with the map 110. For example, if a data file 120 is imported onto the visualization 105 including home listing information from a real estate listing service, the data visualization application 125 may be operative to obtain address information for the example homes listed on the listing service as well as information for the listed homes such as available square feet, numbers of rooms, price, and the like. Such information may be obtained from a data repository 145 associated with an example real estate listing service. The data repository 150 is illustrative of any other data repository containing information that may be accessed by the data visualization application 125 for display in association with the electronic map 110 as described herein. The data visualization application 125 may access the multiple functionality of the applications 128 and the various data repositories 135, 140, 145, 150 via local storage media or via a distributed computing network 130, such as the Internet.
A visualization 106 may be generated by the data visualization application 125 after one or more data items is imported onto the visualization surface 105 from which the data visualization application 125 generates or causes the generation of an electronic map 110 onto which data items, information about data items, and visualization representations 115 for data items may be displayed. The one or more data items may be imported onto the visualization surface 105 according to a variety of suitable means. Referring now to
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When a data file, for example, a data file 205, 210 is moved onto the mapping surface as described herein, data contained in the data files may be obtained from one or more sources, for example, from columns of data contained in a spreadsheet file. According to embodiments, such imported data may be transformed into one or more data visualizations, for example, a chart of various types, for display on the mapping surface and for linking to the mapping surface and to other data visualizations imported onto the mapping visualization surface. Referring to
Continuing with the example, if the user selects the bar chart type for application to the imported data, the imported data will be presented in a chart of that type as illustrated in the bar chart 470. According to embodiments, the bar chart 470 may be linked to other data objects displayed on the mapping visualization, as well as, to the data source from which the imported bar chart data was obtained. Thus, changes to any data to which the example bar chart data is linked may cause corresponding changes to the bar chart data and to the data and data representations associated with other data objects or sources to which the bar chart data is linked.
According to an embodiment, the data visualization application 125 may pass information contained in the imported data files and/or visualizations 205, 210, 470 to a variety of data repositories 135, 140, 145, 150 for obtaining location information associated with the data contained in the imported data file 205. For example, the data visualization application may pass real estate property price ranges to a real estate listing service for obtaining location data, for example, addresses or latitude/longitude coordinates for real estate properties in an area prescribed in the imported data file 205 matching the real estate property prices listed in the imported data file 205. After obtaining location information for the example real estate properties, the visualization application 125 may utilize its own standalone mapping functionality, or the application 125 may call on a separate mapping application functionality for generating an electronic map 400 showing a geographical area of sufficient size for displaying information for each location associated with each data item, for example, real estate properties, listed in the imported data file 205. Similarly, for the imported data file 210, the data visualization application 125 may obtain location data and other information for individual data items contained in the imported data file 210 for generating or amending the visualization 106 to include information contained in the second file 210.
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According to embodiments, if the imported data files 205, 210 or any individual data items contained in the imported data files 205, 210 are changed, the data visualization application 125 may dynamically change the display of the electronic map 400 in the visualization surface 105. For example, if the data file 210 is removed from the visualization surface 105, then the display of identification icons/images 410 and any other information associated with data items contained in the removed data file 210 will be removed by the data visualization application 125.
According to embodiments, each individual data item need not be moved onto the mapping surface separately for effecting a change to the mapping visualization responsive to each individual data item. Instead, one or more data visualizations may be moved onto the mapping surface where the one or more data visualizations include a plurality of layered or nested data items, and the mapping surface may be dynamically changed to reflect all the data items included in the data visualizations moved onto the mapping surface. For example, instead of moving a first data chart showing property prices onto the mapping surface, followed by moving a second data chart showing property tax rates onto the mapping surface, a data visualization comprising both data items and data types may be moved onto the mapping surface causing the mapping visualization to change to reflect the new data.
Moreover, the data visualizations moved onto the surface may be modified by moving additional data visualization (e.g., additional chart) onto the mapping surface to create an interdependency between the additional data visualization and other data visualizations already on the mapping surface (e.g., a third data item and type such as a chart showing locations of public and private schools). When a data visualization moved onto the mapping surface is modified, the modification may affect other data visualizations that are interdependent on the modified data visualization, and the mapping surface may be modified to reflect the modified data.
For example, a chart showing property prices and property tax rates may be moved onto the mapping surface. The chart may be displayed on the mapping surface, and data from the chart, for example, locations of properties matching prices on the chart may be identified or labeled on the map. A user may then move a chart showing locations of public and private schools onto the now displayed chart showing property prices and property tax rates. When the new chart is dropped onto the mapping surface, an interdependent relationship may be formed between the two charts such that changes or filtering applied to one chart may affect the other chart and mapping that is displaying information for the two charts. For instance, if the public/private school chart is filtered to include only information for private schools, then the property prices/property tax rates chart similarly may be filtered to include only those homes associated with children attending private schools. The mapping of information from the two charts likewise may be modified as the two charts are modified.
In addition, data items, for example, charts, moved onto the mapping surface may be linked back to data sources from which the data items are imported. If data in the data sources are changed, then the data items moved onto the mapping surface may be dynamically changed, and the mapping visualization likewise may be changed. For example, if a chart is dropped onto the mapping surface containing property prices for a geographical area, and the data source from which the chart is obtained is changed, then the chart dropped onto the mapping surface may be dynamically changed, and the data reflected on the mapping surface likewise may be changed.
If the geographical display of the electronic map 400 will be different after the removal of one or more data items from the visualization surface 105, then the data visualization application 125 may cause the display of the electronic map 400 to be changed accordingly. For example, if data items removed from the visualization surface 105 allow for a presentation of an electronic map comprising 100 square miles of geographical area as opposed to the requirement of a geographical display area of 150 miles prior to the removal of the one or more data items, then the data visualization application 125 will change the display of the electronic map to an electronic map having a geographical display area of 100 miles after the removal of the one or more data items. For another example, if one or more data items are added to the visualization surface 105 requiring the display of an electronic map showing a different geographical area, for example, a different city, then the data visualization application 125 will dynamically change the display of the electronic map 400 to accommodate the display of identifying icons/images 405, 410 and any other related information for the one or more added data items.
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The data visualization application 125 may then associate the obtained information with the identifying icon/image positioned on the electronic map 400 for the associated example property listing. Likewise, for the example schools listed in the example imported data file 210, the data visualization application 125 may obtain information for each listed school, for example, a school name, grades associated with each school, whether the school is public or private, the number of students at the school, and the like. Such information may then be associated with an icon/image 410 displayed on the electronic map 400 for the associated example school listing.
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For example, if a user is interested in the attributes of a given real estate property, the user may select the red thumb tack icon 405 associated with a real estate property located on a street or in a location that is desirable to the user. Upon selection of the associated icon/image 405, the text box 510 may be displayed near the selected icon/image for displaying the information obtained about the example property listing. As illustrated in the text box 510, information 515 about the example property listing is displayed. Likewise, the user may select a nearby icon/image 410 associated with an example school to obtain information about the example school 415 in the text box 520.
According to embodiments, once a given visualization is generated comprising an electronic map and showing the locations of various points of interest in association with data items imported to the visualization surface, filtering may be done on the visualization in association with represented data items to dynamically change the visualization. Referring back to the real estate listings example, illustrated and described above with reference to
For example, if the user filters the data such that only data items associated with properties having prices below a certain threshold value, for example, below $200,000.00, are included in the visualization, then the data visualization application 125 will dynamically revise the visualization, and those identifying icons/images associated with properties not matching the data item filtering parameters will be dynamically removed from the visualization. For example, any properties with listing prices above the threshold value will be removed from the data items used by the application 125, and the identifying icons/images for those properties will dynamically disappear from view in the visualization 106. As should be appreciated, other filtering attributes might include usable space (e.g., square feet) associated with properties, numbers of bedrooms associated with properties, amenities associated with the properties and the like.
For another example, referring to the data file 210 associated with the schools, the user may decide to filter out those schools identified as private schools so that the user sees only information associated with public schools. Once the user filters the imported data file 210 to include only those items associated with public schools, then the identifying icons/images presented on the electronic map for private schools will dynamically disappear from view so that the user only sees those items associated with public schools. As should be appreciated, the filtering process may be done according to a variety of means. For example, a filtering dialog box may be exposed to allow the user to selectively filter among data items included in a given imported data file. Alternatively, a user may filter out certain items by dragging the items out of the imported data file to take those items off of the visualization surface 105. For another example, a function, such as a right click on the visualization surface may expose a menu allowing the user to select various functions, including a filter function for filtering data items associated with a present visualization.
According to embodiments, another type of data filtering that may be employed includes filtering on one visualization applied to the mapping visualization surface that causes filtering of all visualizations applied to the surface that are linked to or associated with the filtered visualization. For example, referring still to
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For example, the data file 605 includes an example family schedule for a child. According to embodiments, the child's parents may drag the data file 605 containing the child's schedule onto the visualization surface 105 in order to generate a visualization containing an electronic map 600 and containing location-specific identification icons/images for each item on the child's schedule contained in the imported file 605. Referring to the example data items contained in the imported file 605, a first item shows the child at school from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. A second item shows the child at soccer practice from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. A third item shows the child at dinner from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. A fourth item shows the child at piano lessons from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and a fifth item shows the child performing homework from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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Thus, the data visualization application 125 generates an electronic map 600 along with the locations of each activity to be performed by the child according to the imported daily schedule for the child in the imported data file 605. If the user's parent desires more information about any particular location at which the child will engage in activities during the course of the day, the parent may select on one of the identifying icons/images for more information. For example, a selection of the icon/image 625 results in the display of a text box 630 containing information about the child's example piano lessons. For example, the text box 630 includes an identification that the location is at the child's piano teacher's home, an address for the piano teacher's home, and notes that may have previously been entered via a comments application for the child's piano lessons that were accessed by the data visualization application 125 for inclusion in the text box 630 for providing information upon selection of the associated identifying icon/image 625.
According to embodiments, data deposited and represented on the mapping visualization may be updated dynamically. For example, a data source may be dropped onto the mapping visualization that lists a child's schedule, as described above, but that also lists time stamps and a child's GPS location (e.g., for the child's mobile telephone). The mapping visualization may have an icon, such as a thumbtack pin, showing the current location of the child relative to all of the other points of interest associated with the child's schedule. As the child moves, the mapping visualization may be dynamically updated both as to the child's location and as to the child's schedules.
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The newly launched data file may be dragged onto the mapping visualization for representation of the data from the file 640 on the mapping visualization. Referring to the data file 640, launched in response to a selection on the example soccer practice item from the data file 605, a list of additional data items is contained in the data file 640 associated with soccer game schedules for an upcoming period and including information such as dates of upcoming matches, opposing teams, field locations, and the like.
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When the newly generated visualization generated, the visualization may include an electronic map 700 showing identification icons/images 715, 720, 725, 730 associated with the example soccer matches illustrated in the soccer schedule data file 640. As described above with respect to previous examples, the data visualization application 125 may obtain location information for each of the data items contained in the data file 640 as well as other information about each data item from one of the data repositories, 135, 140, 145, 150.
Furthermore, as described above, after the electronic map 700 is generated and after the icons/images identifying each data item are displayed at positions on the electronic map associated with locations for each data item, a user may select one of the identifying icons/images for launching a text box 735 for displaying information about the individual data item. For example, selection of the icon/image 720 may cause display of a text box 735 containing information about the soccer game 740 or match associated with the selected location including such information as field location, game time, and the like. As should be appreciated, data items within the exposed text box 735 may be selected for launching yet another data file and for causing the generation of yet another visualization comprised of another or different electronic map and showing various points of interest.
At operation 820, the data visualization application 125 displays the visualization elements, including one or more charts 470, 205, 210, mapping elements (roads, structures, rivers, and data item icons/images, on the visualization surface 105 including an electronic map showing a geographical representation of sufficient geographical area to include location identification information for each imported data item.
At operation 825, filtering of imported data is enabled to allow a user to filter on individual data items or on categories of data items for dynamically changing the displayed visualization, as described above with reference to
The embodiments and functionalities described herein may operate via a multitude of computing systems, including wired and wireless computing systems, mobile computing systems (e.g., mobile telephones, tablet or slate type computers, laptop computers, etc.). In addition, the embodiments and functionalities described herein may operate over distributed systems, where application functionality, memory, data storage and retrieval and various processing functions may be operated remotely from each other over a distributed computing network, such as the Internet or an intranet. User interfaces and information of various types may be displayed via on-board computing device displays or via remote display units associated with one or more computing devices. For example user interfaces and information of various types may be displayed and interacted with on a wall surface onto which user interfaces and information of various types are projected. Interaction with the multitude of computing systems with which embodiments of the invention may be practiced include, keystroke entry, touch screen entry, voice or other audio entry, gesture entry where an associated computing device is equipped with detection (e.g., camera) functionality for capturing and interpreting user gestures for controlling the functionality of the computing device, and the like.
Computing device 900 may have additional features or functionality. For example, computing device 900 may also include additional data storage devices (removable and/or non-removable) such as, for example, magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Such additional storage is illustrated in
As stated above, a number of program modules and data files may be stored in system memory 904, including operating system 905. While executing on processing unit 902, programming modules 906, such as the data visualization application 125 may perform processes including, for example, one or more method 800's stages as described above. The aforementioned process is an example, and processing unit 902 may perform other processes. Other programming modules that may be used in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may include electronic mail and contacts applications, word processing applications, spreadsheet applications, database applications, slide presentation applications, drawing or computer-aided application programs, etc.
Generally, consistent with embodiments of the invention, program modules may include routines, programs, components, data structures, and other types of structures that may perform particular tasks or that may implement particular abstract data types. Moreover, embodiments of the invention may be practiced with other computer system configurations, including hand-held devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like. Embodiments of the invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.
Furthermore, embodiments of the invention may be practiced in an electrical circuit comprising discrete electronic elements, packaged or integrated electronic chips containing logic gates, a circuit utilizing a microprocessor, or on a single chip containing electronic elements or microprocessors. For example, embodiments of the invention may be practiced via a system-on-a-chip (SOC) where each or many of the components illustrated in
Embodiments of the invention, for example, may be implemented as a computer process (method), a computing system, or as an article of manufacture, such as a computer program product or computer readable media. The computer program product may be a computer storage media readable by a computer system and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process.
The term computer readable media as used herein may include computer storage media. Computer storage media may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information, such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data. System memory 904, removable storage 909, and non-removable storage 910 are all computer storage media examples (i.e., memory storage.) Computer storage media may include, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, electrically erasable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store information and which can be accessed by computing device 900. Any such computer storage media may be part of device 900. Computing device 900 may also have input device(s) 912 such as a keyboard, a mouse, a pen, a sound input device, a touch input device, etc. Output device(s) 914 such as a display, speakers, a printer, etc. may also be included. The aforementioned devices are examples and others may be used.
The term computer readable media as used herein may also include communication media. Communication media may be embodied by computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” may describe a signal that has one or more characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media may include wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, radio frequency (RF), infrared, and other wireless media.
Mobile computing device 1000 incorporates output elements, such as display 1005, which can display a graphical user interface (GUI). Other output elements include speaker 1025 and LED light 1020. Additionally, mobile computing device 1000 may incorporate a vibration module (not shown), which causes mobile computing device 1000 to vibrate to notify the user of an event. In yet another embodiment, mobile computing device 1000 may incorporate a headphone jack (not shown) for providing another means of providing output signals.
Although described herein in combination with mobile computing device 1000, in alternative embodiments the invention is used in combination with any number of computer systems, such as in desktop environments, laptop or notebook computer systems, multiprocessor systems, micro-processor based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, mini computers, main frame computers and the like. Embodiments of the invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network in a distributed computing environment; programs may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices. To summarize, any computer system having a plurality of environment sensors, a plurality of output elements to provide notifications to a user and a plurality of notification event types may incorporate embodiments of the present invention.
One or more application programs 1066 may be loaded into memory 1062 and run on or in association with operating system 1064. Examples of application programs include phone dialer programs, e-mail programs, PIM (personal information management) programs, word processing programs, spreadsheet programs, Internet browser programs, messaging programs, and so forth. System 1002 also includes non-volatile storage 1068 within memory 1062. Non-volatile storage 1068 may be used to store persistent information that should not be lost if system 1002 is powered down. Applications 1066 may use and store information in non-volatile storage 1068, such as e-mail or other messages used by an e-mail application, and the like. A synchronization application (not shown) also resides on system 1002 and is programmed to interact with a corresponding synchronization application resident on a host computer to keep the information stored in non-volatile storage 1068 synchronized with corresponding information stored at the host computer. As should be appreciated, other applications may be loaded into memory 1062 and run on the device 1000, including the data visualization application 125, described herein.
System 1002 has a power supply 1070, which may be implemented as one or more batteries. Power supply 1070 might further include an external power source, such as an AC adapter or a powered docking cradle that supplements or recharges the batteries.
System 1002 may also include a radio 1072 that performs the function of transmitting and receiving radio frequency communications. Radio 1072 facilitates wireless connectivity between system 1002 and the “outside world”, via a communications carrier or service provider. Transmissions to and from radio 1072 are conducted under control of OS 1064. In other words, communications received by radio 1072 may be disseminated to application programs 1066 via OS 1064, and vice versa.
Radio 1072 allows system 1002 to communicate with other computing devices, such as over a network. Radio 1072 is one example of communication media. Communication media may typically be embodied by computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media. The term computer readable media as used herein includes both storage media and communication media.
This embodiment of system 1002 is shown with two types of notification output devices; LED 1020 that can be used to provide visual notifications and an audio interface 1074 that can be used with speaker 1025 to provide audio notifications. These devices may be directly coupled to power supply 1070 so that when activated, they remain on for a duration dictated by the notification mechanism even though processor 1060 and other components might shut down for conserving battery power. LED 1020 may be programmed to remain on indefinitely until the user takes action to indicate the powered-on status of the device. Audio interface 1074 is used to provide audible signals to and receive audible signals from the user. For example, in addition to being coupled to speaker 1025, audio interface 1074 may also be coupled to a microphone to receive audible input, such as to facilitate a telephone conversation. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the microphone 920 may also serve as an audio sensor to facilitate control of notifications, as will be described below. System 1002 may further include video interface 1076 that enables an operation of on-board camera 1030 to record still images, video stream, and the like.
A mobile computing device implementing system 1002 may have additional features or functionality. For example, the device may also include additional data storage devices (removable and/or non-removable) such as, magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Such additional storage is illustrated in
Data/information generated or captured by the device 1000 and stored via the system 1002 may be stored locally on the device 1000, as described above, or the data may be stored on any number of storage media that may be accessed by the device via the radio 1072 or via a wired connection between the device 1000 and a separate computing device associated with the device 1000, for example, a server computer in a distributed computing network, such as the Internet. As should be appreciated such data/information may be accessed via the device 1000 via the radio 1072 or via a distributed computing network. Similarly, such data/information may be readily transferred between computing devices for storage and use according to well-known data/information transfer and storage means, including electronic mail and collaborative data/information sharing systems.
Embodiments of the present invention, for example, are described above with reference to block diagrams and/or operational illustrations of methods, systems, and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. The functions/acts noted in the blocks may occur out of the order as shown in any flowchart. For example, two blocks shown in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality/acts involved.
While certain embodiments of the invention have been described, other embodiments may exist. Furthermore, although embodiments of the present invention have been described as being associated with data stored in memory and other storage mediums, data can also be stored on or read from other types of computer-readable media, such as secondary storage devices, like hard disks, floppy disks, or a CD-ROM, a carrier wave from the Internet, or other forms of RAM or ROM. Further, the disclosed methods' stages may be modified in any manner, including by reordering stages and/or inserting or deleting stages, without departing from the invention.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or variations may be made in the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein.
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