Multi-Grouping Data Token Interface with Sectioned Membership Indicators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data management systems struggle to effectively display and manage data elements that belong to multiple groupings, making it difficult for users to visualize and modify the relationships and hierarchies between data elements.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that uses a user interface to render tokens representing data elements, with selectable indicators showing membership in multiple groupings, allowing users to select and visualize members of a grouping, modify groupings, and change the membership of data elements between groupings, using a sectioned shape to indicate multiple groupings and their relationships.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If data elements are organized in traditional file system hierarchies, then data storage and retrieval are efficient, but users cannot effectively visualize and manage data elements that belong to multiple groupings simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The interface segments the display into multiple views or panels, each showing a different grouping of data elements. Tokens representing data elements are distributed across these segments based on their membership in different groupings, allowing users to see multiple contexts simultaneously without overwhelming the interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface implements nested views where selecting a data element in one grouping reveals its membership in other groupings through nested displays. Tokens can be expanded to show hierarchical relationships, with parent-child relationships visible through nested token displays that reveal multiple levels of grouping membership.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional directory hierarchies are used, then data organization is simple, but users cannot easily modify groupings and memberships
Solution Approach 1:
The interface implements dynamic token displays that automatically reconfigure based on user selections and data relationships. When users modify groupings or memberships, tokens dynamically adjust their positions, associations, and displayed information to reflect the new relationships without requiring manual repositioning or complex operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface provides immediate visual feedback when users modify groupings or data element memberships. Tokens update in real-time to show changed relationships, and the system offers guidance or confirmation prompts that help users understand the impact of their modifications on the overall data structure.
3Loss of information
If data elements are displayed with multiple grouping indicators, then users can see membership information, but the interface becomes cluttered and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The interface extracts grouping membership information from the main token display and presents it in separate, collapsible panels or sidebars. This allows the primary view to remain clean and focused on data elements, while membership details are available on demand through extracted side displays that can be shown or hidden as needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface uses spatial dimensionality to separate different types of information. Tokens are displayed in a primary two-dimensional space, while grouping memberships are represented through additional spatial dimensions such as layered overlays, radial arrangements, or hierarchical positioning that allows multiple groupings to be visualized without overlapping or cluttering the main view.
Data Source
AI summary
Interactions with data stored in a data storage system are managed through a view of an interface provided on a display. Information specifying multiple data elements and multiple groupings of related data elements is received. At least one of the data elements is a member of multiple of the groupings. A view is rendered that includes tokens representing respective data elements. At least some tokens include a selectable indicator including portions that indicate membership of the data element represented by that token in each of multiple groupings of related data elements. A first selection of a portion of one of the selectable indicators is received, corresponding to a first selected grouping of related data elements. In response to the first selection, tokens representing one or more other members of the first selected grouping of related data elements are rendered in the view.