Patents by Inventor Thomas Nhan
Thomas Nhan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230385341Abstract: A computer system displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface. In response to detecting a user input that selects a subset of visual data marks from the data visualization, the computer system displays a summary of the selected subset of visual data marks in a summary tab of a view data window. When the computer system determines that the selected subset of visual marks (1) corresponds to a plurality of data fields and (2) references a row-level calculation that uses logical fields from at least two logical tables of a plurality of logical tables of a data model, the computer system (i) generates a representation of the row-level calculation and (ii) displays the representation of the row-level calculation as a first tab in the view data window, distinct from the summary tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Justin Talbot, Amy Nicole Forstrom, Daniel Cory, Christian Gabriel Eubank, Jeffrey Mark Booth, JR., Nicolas Borden, Thomas Nhan, David Pace
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Patent number: 11809459Abstract: A computing device displays a data visualization user interface that includes a schema region. Each data field displayed in the schema region is visually associated with a respective data object of a plurality of data objects in an object model. The device receives user input to specify a mathematical expression that includes a first data field from a first object and a second data field from a second object. The first object and the second object are distinct objects in the object model. The device generates a calculated data field based on the mathematical expression. The device assigns the calculated data field as a member of a third object in the object model according to relations in the object model connecting the first object to the second object. The device displays the calculated data field, in the schema region, visually associated with the third object.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Tableau Software, LLCInventors: Thomas Nhan, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Susan Denise Doan, Mathew Henry Luebbert
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Patent number: 11720636Abstract: A user selects a data source, and a computer displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface according to the data source. The data visualization includes visual data marks representing data from the data source. The user selects a subset of the visual data marks. In response, the computer displays a view data window having a summary of the selected data marks. The computer obtains a data model encoding the data source as a tree of logical tables. The computer identifies aggregate measures corresponding to the selected data marks, where each aggregate measure is aggregated from logical tables of the data model. The computer displays each aggregate measure in the view data window. The computer also displays, in the view data window, one or more level of detail calculations referenced in the selected subset of visual data marks.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Tableau Software, Inc.Inventors: Justin Talbot, Amy Nicole Forstrom, Daniel Cory, Christian Gabriel Eubank, Jeffrey Mark Booth, Jr., Nicolas Borden, Thomas Nhan, David Pace
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Publication number: 20230205792Abstract: A computing device generates and displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface. The data visualization includes a plurality of visual data marks representing data from a data source. The computing device detects a first user input to select a visual data mark of the plurality of visual data marks. In response to detecting the first user input, the computing device identifies a first aggregated data value, for the visual data mark, corresponding to a first data field in the data source. The computing device retrieves a first disaggregated set of data rows corresponding to the first aggregated data value, from a first table, in the data source, containing the first data field. The computing device displays, in the data visualization user interface, a plurality of data rows from the first disaggregated set of data rows.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: David PACE, Thomas Nhan, Jeffrey Mark Booth, JR.
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Patent number: 11625163Abstract: A computing device displays a data visualization interface that includes a shelf region and a schema information region. The device receives user input to select a measure data field and a dimension data field from the schema information region. The device generates a custom calculation that groups data values of the dimension data field according to respective distinct data values of the dimension data field and aggregates data values of the measure data field for each of the distinct data values of the dimension data field. The device stores the custom calculation as a new selectable data field and displays the new selectable data field in the schema information region. The device receives user selection of the new selectable data field from the schema information region and placement of the new selectable data field in the shelf region. The device generates and displays a data visualization.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: Thomas Nhan, Allan Folting, Daniel Philip Cory, Justin Talbot, Lauren Christina Lum, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Susan Denise Doan
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Patent number: 11599533Abstract: A method for analyzing data from data sources includes receiving user selection of a data source and displaying an interface that includes a schema region and a plurality of shelf regions. Each data field in the schema region is associated with a respective system-defined object from the data source. In a first display mode, each data field is displayed as associated with a respective system-defined object. In a second display mode, each data field is displayed in a respective user-defined folder. The method also includes displaying a data visualization according to a user placement of first and second data fields into the first and second shelf regions.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: Thomas Nhan, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Susan Denise Doan, David Pace, Mathew Henry Luebbert, Minkyeong Kim
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Patent number: 11580139Abstract: A computer generates and displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface according to placement of data fields, from a data source. The data visualization includes visual data marks representing data from the data source. The computer detects a user input to select a visual data mark. In response to detecting the user input, the computer obtains a data model encoding the data source as a tree of logical tables. The computer identifies one or more aggregated data values for the visual data mark, each of the aggregated data values corresponding to a respective data field in the data model. For each of the aggregated data values, the computer retrieves a respective disaggregated set of data rows from a respective logical table containing the respective data field. The computer displays a summary grid, with a respective tab corresponding to each of the retrieved disaggregated sets of data rows.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: David Pace, Thomas Nhan, Jeffrey Mark Booth, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230004584Abstract: A computing device displays a data visualization user interface that includes a schema region. Each data field displayed in the schema region is visually associated with a respective data object of a plurality of data objects in an object model. The device receives user input to specify a mathematical expression that includes a first data field from a first object and a second data field from a second object. The first object and the second object are distinct objects in the object model. The device generates a calculated data field based on the mathematical expression. The device assigns the calculated data field as a member of a third object in the object model according to relations in the object model connecting the first object to the second object. The device displays the calculated data field, in the schema region, visually associated with the third object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Thomas Nhan, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Sesan Denise Doan, Mathew Henry Luebbert
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Publication number: 20220382426Abstract: A computing device displays a data visualization interface that includes a shelf region and a schema information region. The device receives user input to select a measure data field and a dimension data field from the schema information region. The device generates a custom calculation that groups data values of the dimension data field according to respective distinct data values of the dimension data field and aggregates data values of the measure data field for each of the distinct data values of the dimension data field. The device stores the custom calculation as a new selectable data field and displays the new selectable data field in the schema information region. The device receives user selection of the new selectable data field from the schema information region and placement of the new selectable data field in the shelf region. The device generates and displays a data visualization.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Thomas Nhan, Allan Folting, Daniel Philip Cory, Justin Talbot, Lauren Christina Lum, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Susan Denise Doan
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Patent number: 11442964Abstract: A method for analyzing data from data sources includes receiving user input to specify a mathematical expression. The mathematical expression includes a first data field from a first object and a second data field from a second object. The first object and the second object are distinct objects of an object model that includes a tree in which each relation between objects represents a respective many-to-one relationship between respective objects. The method further includes generating a calculated data field based on the mathematical expression, and assigning the calculated data field as a member of a third object in the object model according to relations in the tree connecting the first object to the second object.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: Thomas Nhan, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Susan Denise Doan, Mathew Henry Luebbert
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Patent number: 11429271Abstract: A computing device displays a data visualization interface and receives user selection of a data source. The computing device also receives user input to select a measure data field and a dimension data field. In response to the user input, the computing device: generates a custom calculation that aggregates data for the measure data field, grouped by distinct data values of the dimension data field; and stores the custom calculation as a new selectable data field, associated with a data object corresponding to the dimension data field. The computing device also receives user selection of the new selectable data field and placement of the new selectable data field onto a first shelf in a shelf region. The first shelf defines a first data visualization characteristic determined according to data values of the custom calculation. The computing device generates and displays a data visualization based on the first data visualization characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: Thomas Nhan, Allan Folting, Daniel Philip Cory, Justin Talbot, Lauren Christina Lum, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Susan Denise Doan
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Publication number: 20220107944Abstract: A method for analyzing data from data sources includes receiving user selection of a data source and displaying an interface that includes a schema region and a plurality of shelf regions. Each data field in the schema region is associated with a respective system-defined object from the data source. In a first display mode, each data field is displayed as associated with a respective system-defined object. In a second display mode, each data field is displayed in a respective user-defined folder. The method also includes displaying a data visualization according to a user placement of first and second data fields into the first and second shelf regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Thomas Nhan, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Susan Denise Doan, David Pace, Mathew Henry Luebbert, Minkyeong Kim
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Patent number: 11232120Abstract: A method for analyzing data from data sources includes receiving user selection of a data source and displaying an interface that includes a schema region and a search box. Each data field in the schema region is associated with a respective system-defined object from the data source. The method also includes receiving user input in the search box. The user input includes a predefined contiguous string of characters specifying a search parameter. The method also includes, in response to the user input in the search box, filtering the data fields displayed in the schema region, thereby displaying only data fields whose data type matches the data type specified by the search parameter.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: Thomas Nhan, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Nylah Ann McClellan DePass, Susan Denise Doan, Allison Chia-Chun Sun
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Publication number: 20220019323Abstract: A computing device displays a data visualization interface and receives user selection of a data source. The computing device also receives user input to select a measure data field and a dimension data field. In response to the user input, the computing device: generates a custom calculation that aggregates data for the measure data field, grouped by distinct data values of the dimension data field; and stores the custom calculation as a new selectable data field, associated with a data object corresponding to the dimension data field. The computing device also receives user selection of the new selectable data field and placement of the new selectable data field onto a first shelf in a shelf region. The first shelf defines a first data visualization characteristic determined according to data values of the custom calculation. The computing device generates and displays a data visualization based on the first data visualization characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2020Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Thomas Nhan, Allan Folting, Daniel Cory, Justin Talbot
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Patent number: 11216450Abstract: A method for analyzing data from data sources includes receiving user selection of a data source and displaying an interface that includes a schema region and a plurality of shelf regions. Each data field in the schema region is associated with a respective system-defined object from the data source. In a first display mode, each data field is displayed as associated with a respective system-defined object. The method also includes receiving, in the first display mode, user placement of a first data field into a first shelf region. In a second display mode, each data field is displayed in a respective user-defined folder. The user-defined folders are distinct from the system-defined objects. The method also includes generating a data visualization according to the user placement of the first and second data fields into the first and second shelf regions.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: Thomas Nhan, Elaine Weatherfield Sulc, Susan Denise Doan, David Pace, Mathew Henry Luebbert, Minkyeong Kim
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Publication number: 20210294849Abstract: A user selects a data source, and a computer displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface according to the data source. The data visualization includes visual data marks representing data from the data source. The user selects a subset of the visual data marks. In response, the computer displays a view data window having a summary of the selected data marks. The computer obtains a data model encoding the data source as a tree of logical tables. The computer identifies aggregate measures corresponding to the selected data marks, where each aggregate measure is aggregated from logical tables of the data model. The computer displays each aggregate measure in the view data window. The computer also displays, in the view data window, one or more level of detail calculations referenced in the selected subset of visual data marks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Justin Talbot, Amy Nicole Forstrom, Daniel Cory, Christian Gabriel Eubank, Jeffrey Mark Booth, JR., Nicolas Borden, Thomas Nhan, David Pace
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Patent number: 10817132Abstract: A three-dimensional model can be presented in a two-dimensional digital canvas on a computer display. User input directed at the three-dimensional model in the two-dimensional canvas can be received. The three-dimensional model can be manipulated in response to the user input. A two-dimensional view of the three-dimensional model can be displayed. Corresponding data structures for the model, the canvas, and the two-dimensional objects in the data structure can be maintained and updated. One or more additional techniques can also be utilized in a computer system, such as continuous user-controlled model rotation in a two-dimensional canvas; viewport autofit and non-autofit modes; rotating the model around a camera look-at point; ghosting outside the viewport; normalizing modeling units and values; preset buttons with on-button previews; user-defined view presets; and/or two-dimensional image substitution.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adam Ross Le Doux, Alexandre Gueniot, Bharat Kumar Ahuja, Jie Li, Jordan Krissi, Matthew William Kernek, Michael Alexander Fuller, Onur Onder, Ramya Tridandapani, Constance Worsfold Gervais, Garrett William Brown, Michael Jay Gilmore, Tyler Robert Adams, Thomas R. Mignone, Stephanie Lorraine Horn, Eric Minghai Gao, Heather Joanne Alekson, Chris Welman, Thomas Nhan
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Patent number: 10599284Abstract: A three-dimensional model can be presented in a two-dimensional digital canvas on a computer display. User input directed at the three-dimensional model in the two-dimensional canvas can be received. The three-dimensional model can be manipulated in response to the user input. A two-dimensional view of the three-dimensional model can be displayed. Corresponding data structures for the model, the canvas, and the two-dimensional objects in the data structure can be maintained and updated. One or more additional techniques can also be utilized in a computer system, such as continuous user-controlled model rotation in a two-dimensional canvas; viewport autofit and non-autofit modes; rotating the model around a camera look-at point; ghosting outside the viewport; normalizing modeling units and values; preset buttons with on-button previews; user-defined view presets; and/or two-dimensional image substitution.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adam Ross Le Doux, Alexandre Gueniot, Bharat Kumar Ahuja, Jie Li, Jordan Krissi, Matthew William Kernek, Michael Alexander Fuller, Onur Onder, Ramya Tridandapani, Constance Worsfold Gervais, Garrett William Brown, Michael Jay Gilmore, Tyler Robert Adams, Thomas R. Mignone, Stephanie Lorraine Horn, Eric Minghai Gao, Heather Joanne Alekson, Chris Welman, Thomas Nhan
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Publication number: 20200064980Abstract: A three-dimensional model can be presented in a two-dimensional digital canvas on a computer display. User input directed at the three-dimensional model in the two-dimensional canvas can be received. The three-dimensional model can be manipulated in response to the user input. A two-dimensional view of the three-dimensional model can be displayed. Corresponding data structures for the model, the canvas, and the two-dimensional objects in the data structure can be maintained and updated. One or more additional techniques can also be utilized in a computer system, such as continuous user-controlled model rotation in a two-dimensional canvas; viewport autofit and non-autofit modes; rotating the model around a camera look-at point; ghosting outside the viewport; normalizing modeling units and values; preset buttons with on-button previews; user-defined view presets; and/or two-dimensional image substitution.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adam Ross Le Doux, Alexandre Gueniot, Bharat Kumar Ahuja, Jie Li, Jordan Krissi, Matthew William Kernek, Michael Alexander Fuller, Onur Onder, Ramya Tridandapani, Constance Worsfold Gervais, Garrett William Brown, Michael Jay Gilmore, Tyler Robert Adams, Thomas R. Mignone, Stephanie Lorraine Horn, Eric Minghai Gao, Heather Joanne Alekson, Chris Welman, Thomas Nhan
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Patent number: 10496239Abstract: A three-dimensional model can be presented in a two-dimensional digital canvas on a computer display. User input directed at the three-dimensional model in the two-dimensional canvas can be received. The three-dimensional model can be manipulated in response to the user input. A two-dimensional view of the three-dimensional model can be displayed. Corresponding data structures for the model, the canvas, and the two-dimensional objects in the data structure can be maintained and updated. One or more additional techniques can also be utilized in a computer system, such as continuous user-controlled model rotation in a two-dimensional canvas; viewport autofit and non-autofit modes; rotating the model around a camera look-at point; ghosting outside the viewport; normalizing modeling units and values; preset buttons with on-button previews; user-defined view presets; and/or two-dimensional image substitution.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adam Ross Le Doux, Alexandre Gueniot, Bharat Kumar Ahuja, Jie Li, Jordan Krissi, Matthew William Kernek, Michael Alexander Fuller, Onur Onder, Ramya Tridandapani, Constance Worsfold Gervais, Garrett William Brown, Michael Jay Gilmore, Tyler Robert Adams, Thomas R. Mignone, Stephanie Lorraine Horn, Eric Minghai Gao, Heather Joanne Alekson, Chris Welman, Thomas Nhan