Patents Examined by Rayeez Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 8443293
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to presenting multiple data items with multiple attributes simultaneously. In an embodiment, a computer system accesses a plurality of data items, where each data item includes data item features and data item attributes for each feature. The computer system arranges the accessed data items in a customizable pattern that visually shows each data item's features and associated attributes. The pattern includes slices that designate the data items' features and rings that designate the data items' attributes. The computer system also presents the arranged data items on a circular base that includes multiple slices and rings, so that each data item is displayed in an appropriate slice and ring, according to the data item's corresponding features and attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stella Edith Soerensen, Christian Abeln