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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2003
Oleg Nickolayev, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
David Thompson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yogeshwar Wamanrao Kuntawar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Laura Anne Brogoch, San Francisco, CA (US);
Oleg Nickolayev, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
David Thompson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yogeshwar Wamanrao Kuntawar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Laura Anne Brogoch, San Francisco, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that automatically arrange, or re-arrange, object nodes in a diagram such that the total length of all associations between nodes and the number of overlapping associations is reduced or minimized. In mathematical terms, the process simplifies the graphical representation of an arbitrary graph. In one aspect, processes of the invention use a physical model of particle interactions to determine a minimal energy state, with object nodes modeled as particles and the associations between the object nodes modeled as interaction forces. Perturbations applied to the system allow for a determination of a minimal energy state.