Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100131255 | HYBRID SOLVER FOR DATA-DRIVEN ANALYTICS - A complex solver that is able to solve a diverse variety of model analytics. Upon identifying the various input variable(s) and output variable(s) of the model variables, if a straight forward solve is not to be performed, it is determined whether the model analytics is to be inverted such that a forward solve can be performed. For instance, it might not be known generally, or at least to the solver, how to invert a particular equation of other model analytics. If the model analytics is to be inverted, the model analytics is inverted, and the forward solve is performed. On the other hand, if the inversion of the model analytics is not to be performed, then a numerical analysis solve is performed. | 05-27-2010 |
20110246549 | ADAPTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROCESSING OF HIGHLY INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS - An application defined by expressions whose execution may be dynamically distributed over multiple devices. An application defined by expressions may include a number of expressions that provide a symbolic representation of computations to be performed. The application defined by expressions may have input variables and output variables and provide a solution for the output variables using the input variables and the expressions that define the application. In providing a solution for the output variables, an expression engine may determine dependencies for the expressions to be solved and distribute the solution of some of those expressions dynamically at runtime to other devices based on the capabilities of the devices, privacy and security concerns, communications bandwidth and latency, the resources available to devices, and commercial or cost implications of where the processing is done. | 10-06-2011 |
20110314400 | ASSISTED FILTERING OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA - Interactive and dynamic exploring of filter criteria for large amounts of numerical data having multiple dimensions is described. Exploration occurs without excessive amounts of computation or querying of a database based on a data set summary that may be obtained from a server in a search system and applied by a client device. A data set is summarized so as to capture relationships between distributions of items in the data set along multiple dimensions. To explore filter criteria, a user may interactively adjust a range of values that act as a filter criteria along a dimension and determine an effect on a distribution of items along another dimension. The client device may apply the data summary in reverse to determine, based on user input specifying aspects of a distribution along one dimension, filter criteria for another dimension that would result in the specified distribution. | 12-22-2011 |
20120148088 | EXTENSIONS FOR MODIFYING A GRAPHICAL OBJECT TO DISPLAY DATA - A graphical manipulation tool to create and/or make modifications to a graphical object suitable for visually representing data. The graphical manipulation tool analyzes the graphical object to determine parameters of visual characteristics of the graphical object that can be used to visually represent data. A computing system, through the graphical manipulation tool, may generate metadata that defines a capacity for visual characteristics to represent data. In some cases, a preview is displayed on a user interface indicating to a user how the metadata, if incorporated with the graphical object, may result in the visual characteristics of the graphical object being used to visually represent data. If incorporating the metadata with the graphical object is desirable, the user may provide to include the additional metadata with the graphical object. | 06-14-2012 |
20120159312 | REPRESENTATION OF AN INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT AS A GRAPH OF ENTITIES - Techniques for representing and publishing an interactive document useful for analyzing data. The document may be represented as a directed acyclic graph of entities interconnected by edges. The entities may be of multiple types. Yet, a broad range of interactive documents may be represented by a limited number of types of entities and the capabilities to interconnect entities of different types and to share a data schema across entities of different types. A tool may enable a user to author such documents. The tool may also facilitate publishing of the document. For publishing, the document may be converted to an executable form. Prior to such a conversion, the graph may be modified for more efficient processing. The graph may also be partitioned such that portions of the graph, when distributed across tiers of a computing system, such as a cloud-based platform, execute on computing devices that provide efficient operation. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159333 | REPRESENTATION OF AN INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT AS A GRAPH OF ENTITIES - Techniques for representing and publishing an interactive document useful for analyzing data. The document may be represented as a directed acyclic graph of entities interconnected by edges. The entities may be of multiple types. Yet, a broad range of interactive documents may be represented by a limited number of types of entities and the capabilities to interconnect entities of different types and to share a data schema across entities of different types. A tool may enable a user to author such documents. The tool may also facilitate publishing of the document. For publishing, the document may be converted to an executable form. Prior to such a conversion, the graph may be modified for more efficient processing. The graph may also be partitioned such that portions of the graph, when distributed across tiers of a computing system, such as a cloud-based platform, execute on computing devices that provide efficient operation. | 06-21-2012 |
20130335420 | USING CINEMATIC TECHNIQUE TAXONOMIES TO PRESENT DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using cinematic technique taxonomies to present data. Embodiments of the invention can be used to infer and identify cinematic techniques or combinations thereof based on a model and user action. Cinematic techniques can be used to meet the data exploration and analysis requirements of a user. As such, embodiments of the invention permit users (including non-programmers) to employ cinematic techniques from a cinematic technique hierarchy (possibly in combination with other techniques) to gain insights into their data and also convey appropriate emotional messages. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339351 | USING CINEMATIC TECHNIQUES TO PRESENT DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using cinematic techniques to present data. Embodiments of the invention can be used to infer and generate cinematic techniques or combinations thereof based on a model and user action. Cinematic techniques can be used to meet the data exploration and analysis requirements of a user. As such, embodiments of the invention permit users (including non-programmers) to employ cinematic techniques (possibly in combination with other techniques) to gain insights into their data and also convey appropriate emotional messages. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339860 | ASSISTING USERS WITH PRESENTING DATA USING CINEMATIC TECHNIQUES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for assisting users with presenting data using cinematic techniques. Embodiments of the invention can be used to infer and generate cinematic techniques or combinations thereof based on a model and user action. Cinematic techniques can be used to meet the data exploration and analysis requirements of a user. As such, embodiments of the invention assist users (including non-programmers) to employ cinematic techniques (possibly in combination with other techniques) to gain insights into their data and also convey appropriate emotional messages. | 12-19-2013 |
20140306964 | INCREMENTAL COMPILING OF A DECLARATIVE PROGRAM - The incremental compiling of a recalculation user interface. As an example, the recalculation user interface may be a spreadsheet program although the principles may apply to an visualization of data sinks that are interconnected to data sources via a transformation chain. The transformation chain includes multiple declarative transformations. A dependency graph is generated through analysis of the declarative transformations of the transformation chain. As the user interacts with the recalculation user interface, the user may cause one or more changes to the transformation chain. The dependencies associated with the transformations may be identified and may be largely isolated. The compiler may then compile that one or more affected dependencies, without compiling the entire recalculation user interface. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310697 | COMPILATION OF TRANSFORMATION IN RECALCULATION USER INTERFACE - The compilation a transformation chain of a recalculation user interface that displays an electronic canvas that contains one or more displayed result of a transformation chain. The transformation chain includes transforms between a respective data source and data sink. User editing of the recalculation user interface could cause one or more of the transforms to be re-executed, thereby causing recalculation. The compilation involves analyzing the transformation chain of the recalculation user interface for dependencies to create a dependency graph of dependencies between entities. For instance, some dependencies might be between entities so as to indicate that if one entity is evaluated, then the other should be also. The dependency graph is then used to create a lower level of execution steps. The dependency graph is further provided to a runtime for the program, so that the dependency graph may be available during operation of the recalculation user interface. | 10-16-2014 |