VISUALLY REPRESENTING QUERIES OF MULTI-SOURCE DATA

摘要

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for visually representing queries of multi-source data. Embodiments of the invention can be used to visually represent queries of multi-source data. Visual cues can be used to help surface insights into data sets. For example, keywords can be assigned colors. Within a data set, the keywords can be presented as colored highlights (i.e., individual keywords can be displayed using different colors). Presentation of multiple colored highlighted keywords can be optimized for quick visual consumption. As such, a user can more easily determine the volume of keywords within a data set and can identify trends in keyword volume over time. A “mountaintop view” of an entire data set can be presented to show highlighted words within the data set as color blocks without having to scroll.

主权项

1. At a computer system, the computer system including a display device, a method for visually representing a query of multi-source data, the method comprising:
accessing a data set, the data set including data combined from a plurality of different sources; presenting a portion of the data set on the display device; receiving a query term for searching the data set; assigning a visual cue to the query term; and supplementing presentation of the data set portion on the display device by using the visual cue to visually indicate any occurrences of the query term within the data set portion, visually indicating occurrences of the query term highlighting the volume of the query term within the data set portion.