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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2007
Lynne Marie Evans, Renton, WA (US);
Lynne Marie Evans, Renton, WA (US);
Attenex Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining a spatial arrangement of thematically-related clusters is provided. A convex cluster is selected from a set of convex clusters, which each include shared concepts and terms. A center of mass is determined for the selected convex cluster, which is placed along a vector. An anchor point including at least one open edge formed on the selected convex cluster at an intersection of the vector defined from the center of mass and an edge of the selected convex cluster is located. One or more of the remaining convex clusters in the convex clusters set is selected. The one or more remaining convex clusters are arranged with a center of mass originating outside of the anchor point and on the vector of the selected convex cluster. Overlap of the arranged convex clusters is limited. The arranged convex clusters are displayed.