International Business Machines Corporation

Franciscus J J Van Ham

Ramon L H Pisters

Peter R Broadbent

Antonius G P Steijvers

Graham John Wills

Martin Miles Wattenberg

Robin Neil Grosset

Jesse Holton Kriss

Jelle A G Van Den Elsen

Leo A Coolen

Fernanda B Viegas

Disclosed is a method for augmenting structured data, comprising: providing a data store storing structured data comprising a first plurality of data items, each data item having an associated weight. One or more visualizations are displayed, the visualizations comprising visual representations of a subset of the of data items. User eye fixation over the visualizations is tracked and processed to provide processed eye fixation data. Relative amounts of eye fixation each of the visual representations in the visualizations receives is determined using the processed eye fixation data. The data item which is associated with each of the visual representations of the data items is determined. The associated weight corresponding to the data item is modified dependent on the relative amounts of eye fixation.

Augmenting structured data

A computer executable chart visualization may be generated from a static image of the chart visualization. The static image, a set of pre-defined chart elements, and a portion of the static image that corresponds to a pre-defined chart element may each be identified. A mapping between the portion of the static image and the pre-defined chart elements may be determined, and a visual or logical property of each portion of the static image may be determined. A declarative description of the chart visualization may be generated by setting the visual properties for each of the respective pre-defined chart elements.

Generating a computer executable chart visualization by annotating a static image

A processor-implemented method retrieves information from a database system. A data query, which includes a specification of information to be retrieved from the database system, is generated. A first parameter specifying a condition to be met by the retrieved information is defined. A second parameter specifying one or more data reduction operations to be executed if the condition defined by the first parameter is not met is defined. The generated data query and the first and second parameters are then transmitted to the database system.

Information retrieval from a database system

A declarative specification for visualization may be improved. The declarative specification for the visualization may be identified and checked for appropriateness. This appropriateness check can be done by ensuring that the declarative specification meets a number of rules. The rules may be predefined and include rules that define best practices for visualizations. If a portion of the declarative specification violates one of the rules, it can be highlighted. In this way, the user can see how the declarative specification can be improved for visualization.

Visualizations created in declarative visualization languages

An adjustment control user interface usable through a user interface such as a touchscreen. The adjustment control includes elongated gesture zones stacked in a stacking direction so that: (i) gesture movement in the elongation direction will adjust the value of an adjustment variable; and (ii) gesture movement in the stacking direction from one stacked gesture zone to another will change the identity of the current adjustment variable and/or the adjustment granularity of the current adjustment variable.

Touch sensitive data entry using a continuous gesture

A hosted data visualization data processing system can be provided. The system can include a host computing platform configured for communicative coupling to remote clients over a computer communications network. In this regard, each of the remote clients can include a data set. The system further can include a data visualization processor in the host computing platform and a hosted data visualization service coupled to the data visualization processor. The service can include program code enabled to receive a data subset from a requesting one of the remote clients based upon a corresponding data set stored in the requesting one of the remote clients, to generate a data visualization for the data subset and to transmit the generated data visualization over the computer communications network to the requesting one of the remote clients for rendering in the requesting one of the remote clients.

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Geldrop, Netherlands

Franciscus J J Van Ham