Sas Institute Inc.

Eric Colin Bolender

Julianna Elizabeth Langston

Claude Edward Summers, Ii

Ralph Johnson Marshall

Jesse Daniel Sookne

Gregory David Kraus

Lisa Beth Morton Robinson

Sean Patrick Mealin

Brice Joseph Smith

Mitchel Stanley Soltys, Ii

Node-link data can be converted into audio outputs. For example, a system can generate a graphical user interface (GUI) depicting a node-link diagram having nodes and links. The GUI can include a virtual reference point in the node-link diagram and a virtual control element that is rotatable around the virtual reference point by a user to contact one or more of the nodes in the node-link diagram. The system can receive user input for rotating the virtual control element around the virtual reference point, which can generate a contact between the virtual control element and a particular node of the node-link diagram. In response to detecting the contact, the system can determine a sound characteristic configured to indicate an attribute associated with the particular node. The system can then generate a sound having the sound characteristic, for example to assist the user in exploring the node-link diagram.

User interfaces for converting node-link data into audio outputs

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Eric Colin Bolender