User interface and method of data navigation in the user interface of engineering analysis applications
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SAS IP
- Publication Date
- 2013-12-19
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of the earlier filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 654,661 filed on Jun. 1, 2012, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein, and the earlier filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 654,576 filed on Jun. 1, 2012, the disclosure of which is also incorporated by reference herein.BACKGROUND
[0002] Representations of real-world physics and design take the form of networks of information: discrete, often reusable, concepts specifically related to other concepts. Imagine a graph, concepts arranged spatially, interconnected by labeled arrows. An engineer might draw a graph like this by intuition.
[0003] By numeric ID, text name, a folder analogy or graphical selection, users of engineering software have always networked information. The more sophisticated the data, the more scenarios considered, the more people involved, the more valu...