Presenting data in a graphical overlay

摘要

A method for displaying data in a graphical overlay includes overlaying a first lens, including a first dataset, on a first region of the graphical overlay while a second lens, including a second dataset, overlaps the first lens. The first and second datasets are simultaneously displayed, and a correlation between the datasets is determined. Separation of the first and second lenses preserves a circumscribed region within each lens. The first dataset corresponds to first orientation position of the first lens. Rotation of the first lens to a second orientation position reconfigures the first dataset to provide a modified first dataset which corresponds to the second position. A rotational position may also be associated with points in time, a first position corresponding to a first point in time and the first dataset representing the first dataset at the first point in time.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method of presenting data in a graphical overlay, the method comprising:
displaying the graphical overlay on a spatial rendering of data; overlaying a first lens on a first region of the graphical overlay, wherein the first lens includes at least one first context that is accessible by manipulation of the first lens and at least one interactive icon associated with the first context; in response to receiving, at the first lens, a first action associated with the at least one first context, activating the at least one first context within the first lens; in response to activating the at least one first context within the first lens:
obtaining a first dataset corresponding to the first context from at least one of a plurality of data sources; anddisplaying the first dataset within the first lens, wherein the displayed first dataset is a visual representation of a first context dataset obtained from the at least one of the plurality of data sources; orienting the first lens in a first position, wherein the first dataset corresponds to the first position; rotating the first lens around an axis of rotation until the first lens is oriented in a second position; in response to rotating the first lens around the axis of rotation, reconfiguring the first dataset to provide a modified first dataset; and displaying the modified first dataset within the first lens, wherein the modified first dataset corresponds to the second position.