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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Sas Institute Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Sean Patrick Mealin, Cary, NC (US);
Claude Edward Summers, II, Cary, NC (US);
Mitchel Stanley Soltys, II, Cary, NC (US);
Ralph Johnson Marshall, Jr., Hillsborough, NC (US);
Jesse Daniel Sookne, Cary, NC (US);
Brice Joseph Smith, Cary, NC (US);
Gregory David Kraus, Cary, NC (US);
Eric Colin Bolender, Raleigh, NC (US);
Julianna Elizabeth Langston, Cary, NC (US);
Lisa Beth Morton Robinson, Cary, NC (US);
SAS INSTITUTE INC:., Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
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.