Data Graph Focus Mode for Node Relationship Clarity
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Solution Overview
Problem
In data graph structures, users face difficulties in identifying and analyzing relationships between nodes, especially as the number of nodes grows, as conventional systems either overwhelm users with information or obscure relevant connections when transitioning between focus and full views.
Innovation Solution
A focus mode is implemented where only related nodes are displayed in a condensed spatial arrangement, with an animated transition back to the full data graph, allowing users to better understand relationships without overlapping or misplacing nodes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all nodes are displayed in the full data graph view, then complete information is provided, but user comprehension of specific node relationships deteriorates due to information overload and spatial dispersion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data graph display into two distinct modes: full view mode showing all nodes and relationships, and focus mode showing only selected nodes and their relationships. This segmentation allows users to switch between comprehensive information display and relationship-focused display, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and relationship comprehension.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic switching between different display configurations (full view and focus mode) based on user interaction. The system transitions smoothly between states, allowing the display to adapt from showing all nodes to showing only relevant nodes, thereby maintaining both information completeness and relationship clarity at different times.
2Ease of operation
If only related nodes are displayed in focus mode, then relationship analysis is improved, but information completeness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches between focus mode (showing only related nodes for relationship analysis) and full view mode (showing all nodes for overall data visibility). This dynamic transition allows the display to provide relationship-focused information when needed while maintaining the option to view complete data, thus resolving the contradiction between relationship analysis capability and overall data visibility.
3Ease of operation
If nodes are condensed in focus mode, then spatial arrangement clarity is improved, but node positioning accuracy deteriorates when transitioning back to full view
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by calculating and storing the original positions of all nodes before entering focus mode. When transitioning back to full view, the system restores nodes to their pre-calculated original positions, ensuring positioning accuracy is maintained despite the condensation that occurs during focus mode display.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts node positions during focus mode to achieve condensed spatial arrangement for clarity, then dynamically restores them to original positions when returning to full view. This dynamic position management resolves the contradiction between spatial arrangement clarity in focus mode and node positioning accuracy in full view mode.
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AI summary
A request is received to temporarily identify nodes that are related to one or more selected nodes of a plurality of nodes for a data graph data structure that includes a plurality of relationships between a plurality of nodes arranged in a predetermined spatial arrangement. One or more related nodes that are related to the one or more selected nodes are identified. A display generates only the one or more selected nodes and each of the one or more related nodes and the relationships thereof in an updated spatial arrangement that defines relatively less cumulative space between the one or more selected nodes and the one or more related nodes than the predetermined spatial arrangement. A request to stop generating the updated spatial arrangement is received. The display stops generating the predetermined spatial arrangement in response to receiving the request to stop generating the updated spatial arrangement.