Modular Pipeline Data Visualization System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for visually representing data are inflexible and lack customization options, making it difficult to navigate and visualize relationships between information sources, particularly in complex data structures like hypertext documents and legislation, where users face challenges in intuitively understanding relationships and navigating between related topics.
Innovation Solution
A computer system with a front-end and back-end architecture that processes user queries to extract and convert data into a standardized format, displaying it as an interactive graphical user interface with nodes representing items, where relationships are visually depicted as a graph or diagram, allowing users to select and explore related information, and featuring modular pipelines for data processing and adaptation to different data sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing visual representation systems are used, then data can be displayed, but the systems are inflexible and lack customization options
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments visual representation into reusable template components that can be independently selected and configured. Users can customize visualizations by combining different template elements without modifying the underlying system architecture, thereby achieving adaptability without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces templates as intermediary elements between the data source and the visual representation. These templates act as pre-configured intermediaries that bridge the gap between raw data and customized visualizations, allowing users to achieve customization without directly dealing with system complexity.
2Loss of information
If traditional hypertext navigation is used, then information can be accessed, but it is difficult to quickly appreciate relationships between information sources
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from linear hypertext navigation to a graphical dimension where information sources and their relationships are displayed spatially. This dimensional change allows users to perceive relationships between multiple information sources simultaneously rather than sequentially, reducing navigation time and improving relationship visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple information sources and their relationships into a single integrated graphical view. By combining what would traditionally require separate page views and manual navigation into one unified visualization, users can appreciate relationships between information sources immediately without time loss.
3Ease of operation
If legislation provisions are arranged in traditional hierarchical structure, then organization is maintained, but navigation between related provisions is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system adds a graphical relationship dimension to the traditional hierarchical arrangement of legislation provisions. Users can navigate provisions through visual connections that show contextual relationships alongside the hierarchical structure, making navigation more convenient while preserving contextual information.
Solution Approach 2:
The graphical interface provides immediate visual feedback about relationships between provisions as users navigate. When users interact with one provision, the system dynamically displays connected provisions and their relationships, helping users understand contextual connections without losing information.
4Adaptability or versatility
If specialized visual representation systems are used for specific data types, then that data can be represented well, but the systems cannot be easily adapted for other data types
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal template-based visualization system that can handle multiple data types and sources through a single framework. The same template mechanism serves different data sources (legislation, hypertext, databases), making the system adaptable to various data types without requiring separate specialized systems for each.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a networked computer system for retrieving and displaying information, comprising a front-end sub-system and a back-end sub-system. The back-end comprises one or more selectable pipelines for processing the user query, each comprising one or more component software modules selected from a library of modular component software modules having predefined functions or created by a user to cooperate in extracting and processing extracted data, wherein at least one of the one or more pipelines may be customized by modifying either or both of a selection or sequence of the component software modules.