INTERACTION IN ORBIT VISUALIZATION

摘要

A system and method for facilitating interacting with data and/or functionality via a visualization. An example method includes determining number of hierarchical levels to display in an orbit visualization; displaying the number of hierarchical levels via one or more nodes and one or more orbit paths, wherein each child node of a parent node of the one or more nodes is confined to one or more orbit paths that at least partially circumscribe the parent node; providing a first user option to navigate downward or upward in the hierarchy, at least in part via user selection of a node of the orbit visualization; and selectively updating the orbit visualization in response to user selection of the first user option so that a resulting updated visualization illustrates a navigated-to location, wherein the updated visualization illustrates the number of hierarchical levels.

主权项

1. A method for facilitating interacting with data or functionality via a visualization in a computing environment, the computing environment including one or more computing devices in communication with a software application, wherein the software application executes software, wherein the software provides displayable information accessible to the one or more computing devices, a computing device of the one or more computing devices executing the steps of the method, the method comprising:
determining number of hierarchical levels to display via the visualization, wherein the visualization includes an orbit visualization; displaying the number of hierarchical levels via one or more nodes and one or more orbit paths, wherein each child node of a parent node of the one or more nodes is confined to one or more orbit paths that at least partially circumscribes the parent node; providing a first user option to navigate downward or upward in the hierarchy, at least in part via user selection of a node of the orbit visualization; and selectively updating the displayed visualization in response to user selection of the first user option so that a resulting updated visualization illustrates a navigated-to location, wherein the updated visualization illustrates the number of hierarchical levels.