US 12,008,008 B2
Contextual data visualization
Al Chakra, Apex, NC (US); John Feller, Cary, NC (US); Trudy L. Hewitt, Cary, NC (US); Kerry A. Moffo, Zebulon, NC (US); and Francesco C. Schembari, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/128,923.
Application 17/128,923 is a continuation of application No. 14/688,741, filed on Apr. 16, 2015, granted, now 10,963,475.
Application 14/688,741 is a continuation of application No. 13/280,720, filed on Oct. 25, 2011, granted, now 9,058,409, issued on Jun. 16, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0109923 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/24 (2019.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/26 (2019.01); G06F 16/904 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/248 (2019.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 16/26 (2019.01); G06F 16/904 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving data selected by a user and meta-data associated with the data;
receiving, from the user, an indication of in which application a data visualization will be presented;
analyzing the data, using a processor of a computing device, to determine content and structure attributes of the data that are relevant to visualization of the data;
analyzing the meta-data, using a processor of the computing device, to determine a context in which the visualization of the data will be used;
accessing a database comprising an aggregation of visualization records from a plurality of users;
selecting, based on a use history of the user, at least one template from the visualization records that matches the data attributes and context; and
creating the data visualization by applying the at least one template to the data.