Dynamic Wheel UI for Data Exploration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data exploration systems face inefficiencies in navigating and analyzing large data sets due to user interface workflows and unwanted data constraints, making it difficult for users to detect and resolve application and IT infrastructure issues effectively.
Innovation Solution
A data exploration system utilizing a graphical user interface with gesture recognition and tagging mechanisms allows users to intuitively traverse large data sets by designating a focal object and applying filters, enabling the display of associated data objects through a wheel-like UI that spins and slides to reveal more results, aiding in flexible and intuitive data consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional tabular or chart-based data presentation is used, then data can be displayed in a structured form, but users face inefficiencies in navigating and analyzing large data sets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic wheel-based UI that allows users to rotate and interact with data objects in a circular interface. This dynamic presentation replaces static tabular forms, enabling users to efficiently navigate large data sets by rotating the wheel to bring different data objects into focus, thereby reducing navigation time and improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional two-dimensional tabular data presentation to a circular wheel interface that adds rotational dimensionality. Users can rotate the wheel to access different data objects, creating a new interaction dimension that improves navigation efficiency and reduces the time required to analyze large data sets.
2Loss of information
If strictly typed models with many details are used, then data can be comprehensively represented, but user interface workflows become constrained and data exploration becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts essential data attributes from comprehensive structured models and presents them as key details in the wheel interface. Rather than displaying all fields from strictly typed models, the system extracts and highlights relevant information, maintaining data completeness while improving ease of exploration through focused, contextual presentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The wheel interface acts as an intermediary between the backend structured data models and the user. It transforms comprehensive but constrained data models into an intuitive circular interface where users can explore data relationships freely, bridging the gap between data completeness and exploration ease.
3Quantity of substance
If all data objects are displayed at once, then complete data is available, but the user interface becomes overwhelming and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments large data sets into individual data objects displayed around the wheel interface. Rather than overwhelming users with all data at once, the system divides data into manageable segments that users can access by rotating the wheel, maintaining data availability while dramatically improving interface usability through progressive disclosure.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic wheel interface allows data to be revealed progressively as users rotate the wheel, rather than displaying all data statically at once. This dynamic approach maintains complete data availability while improving usability by showing only relevant portions at any given moment.
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AI summary
In one implementation, a method for causing display of a subset of objects of a data set can including causing a first visual indication to display at a first area of a user interface that a first object is a focal object, causing a second area of the user interface to display a filter applied to the data set, and causing a third area of the user interface to display a subset of objects of the data set based on the focal object and the filter.