Panoptic visualization document navigation

摘要

A panoptic visualization document navigation system includes a navigation engine and request interface, and is configured effect navigation of components of a document collection in a layout, panoptically arranged in a manner that reflects logical relationships between their content, which may in turn reflect relationships between the subjects or their objects depicted by the content. These logical relationships may be established by links between document components, which may be identified by information provided in associated metadata for the document components. Navigation options for navigating the layout may likewise be selected according to the associated metadata. This type of arrangement and its navigation may enable a user to see the content in a single view, and in an arrangement that facilitates a better understanding of the relationships between the content and their subjects or objects, which may be otherwise difficult to comprehend.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a layout of document components of a panoptic visualization document collection having a plurality of document components each of which includes respective media content and has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component, the layout including a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components; selecting one or more navigation options from a plurality of navigation options for navigating a visual presentation of the layout, the navigation options being selected according to the associated metadata for the document components of the layout; communicating the selected navigation options to a graphical user interface for presentation to a user along with the visual presentation of the layout, the selected navigation options thereby being selectable by the user to request an adjustment of the visual presentation of the layout; receiving a request according to one or more of the selected navigation options presented by the graphical user interface; and in response thereto, effecting an adjustment of the visual presentation of the layout according to the request; and communicating the adjustment to the graphical user interface for presentation to the user.