发明名称 |
Method and apparatus for entity relationship visualization |
摘要 |
The method and apparatus of the present invention begin with the generally known features of visualizing a relationship between at least two entities, by: (a) geometrically mapping the at least two entities onto a surface; (b) providing a relationship record for each of the at least two entities; (c) generating a display of the at least two entities together with at least one connector between the at least two entities as the visualizing the relationship from the relationship record; (d) the connector having two ends connected to a pair of the at least two entities, the connector having an extension between the two ends, the extension passing out of the plane. The present invention provides the improvement of: for at least one pair of entities, the at least one pair having a plurality of relationships, the connector having a plurality of strands wherein each of the plurality of strands corresponds to each of the plurality of relationships.
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申请公布号 |
US6897866(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.05.24 |
申请号 |
US19990365342 |
申请日期 |
1999.07.30 |
申请人 |
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE |
发明人 |
HETZLER ELIZABETH G.;HAVRE SUSAN L.;HARRIS WYLLONA M.;DONOHOO DANIEL T.;WHITNEY PAUL D.;NAKAMURA GRANT C. |
分类号 |
G06T11/20;(IPC1-7):G06T11/20 |
主分类号 |
G06T11/20 |
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