Interactive Filter for Localized Data Subset Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional data display interfaces are resource-intensive and cumbersome when navigating through successive datasets, making it difficult to perceive the changing effects of specific dataset portions, as they often require replacing the entire dataset or using cumbersome 'back' and 'forward' navigation methods.
Innovation Solution
An interactive filtering system that allows users to dynamically apply filter parameters to localized selections within a dataset by hovering navigation icons over selection areas, enabling partial-overlay of alternative-state information without replacing the entire dataset, facilitating in-place juxtaposition of varying states.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional data display interfaces replace the entire dataset to vary parameters, then the data analysis can be performed, but resource consumption increases and the relationships between successive states become hard to perceive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the dataset into a base dataset and a subset of varying data. Instead of replacing the entire dataset, the system maintains the base dataset and overlays only the necessary varying portions, reducing resource consumption while preserving analysis capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system nests the varying subset within the base dataset structure. The varying data is displayed as an overlay or highlight within the context of the complete base dataset, allowing users to perceive relationships between successive states without redisplaying the entire dataset.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional interfaces use browser-style back and forward navigation to view successive datasets, then data can be accessed, but the navigation becomes cumbersome and resource-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the display based on user interaction. Instead of static page loading, the interface dynamically overlays varying data portions onto the base dataset in real-time, making navigation smoother and more responsive.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the base dataset and the user display. This intermediary manages the overlay of varying data portions, providing a smoother transition and reducing the need for cumbersome navigation actions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional navigation methods are used to view successive datasets, then data can be examined, but it becomes difficult to see the changing effects of specific portions of the dataset
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different visual qualities to different portions of the data. The base dataset is displayed with standard formatting, while the varying subset is highlighted or overlaid with distinct visual characteristics, making changes easily detectable at local levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes color or visual attribute changes to highlight varying data portions against the base dataset. This visual differentiation makes it easy for users to detect and measure changes in specific portions without examining the entire dataset.
Data Source
AI summary
A system applies an interactive filter. The system includes a data storage device, a display device, a user interface input device, and a processor. The data storage device stores data. The display device displays an initial representation of the data. The user interface input device facilitates a localized selection of a portion of the initial representation displayed on the display device. The localized selection is determined by hovering a navigation icon in alignment with a selection area corresponding to the portion of the initial representation. The processor dynamically applies a filter parameter to the portion of the initial representation based on the localized selection from the user interface input device.