Navigating interactive visualizations with collaborative filtering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10192175-B2
Application number	US-201414259196-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2014
Priority date	Apr 23, 2014
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for navigating interactive visualizations of a business analysis application based on collaborative filtering. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a recommender that functions together with a visualization tool and business analytics application. This recommender can track use of interactive visualizations provided by the visualization tool, e.g., views selected, functions performed, navigation between views, etc., by various users to build a set of inquiry histories. Then, based on these histories and possibly other considerations, recommendations can be made to a current user as to which views, functions, etc. might be useful or insightful. In other words, embodiments of the present invention track the analysis behavior of each user and recommend which views may be of interest for the corresponding analysis task based on the behavior of similar users in similar situations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
tracking interactions of a plurality of users with a plurality of views of an interactive visualization;
storing a plurality of inquiry histories for the interactive visualization, the plurality of inquiry histories representing the interactions of the plurality of users with the interactive visualization, the plurality of inquiry histories comprising, for each inquiry history of the plurality of inquiry histories, an interaction of a user with the interactive visualization and an associated view from the plurality of views of the interactive visualization;
determining a directional path comprising a subset of views from the plurality of views, wherein:
the directional path is a graph indicative of a path traced through the subset of views,
the graph is generated based on analyzing the plurality of inquiry histories representing the interactions of the plurality of users,
the graph comprises a plurality of vertices and one or more edges connecting the plurality of vertices, and
each vertex in the plurality of vertices represents a view from the subset of views and each edge in the one or more edges represents a navigation between two of the subset of views that are connected by the edge;

receiving a new interaction of a first user with the interactive visualization;
in response to receiving the new interaction, determining a current view of the interactive visualization associated with the new interaction, the current view included in the plurality of views;
determining a recommendation for the first user based on the new interaction, the current view, the plurality of inquiry histories, and the directional path, the recommendation including an action to navigate from the current view to a new view, wherein the new view is included in the directional path; and
outputting the recommendation to the first user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interactive visualization provides the plurality of views of a set of application data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the new interaction of the first user with the interactive visualization comprises a query or a navigation action.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the tracking comprises:
monitoring one or more interactions of a second user from the plurality of users with a first view of the plurality of views of the interactive visualization;
based upon the monitoring, determining a first action performed by the second user on the first view; and
determining a first state of the interactive visualization; and

storing the plurality of inquiry histories comprises storing information related to the first action and the first state.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the first state of the interactive visualization comprises determining one or more of the first view, one or more selected filters, one or more filter criteria, or one or more attributes of the interactive visualization.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the new interaction of the first user comprises one or more of making a query through the interactive visualization, selecting a function of the interactive visualization, or navigating through the interactive visualization.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising saving user information comprising one of a user type, a user level, a user role, and a user business unit for each of the plurality of users in the plurality of inquiry histories, wherein determining the recommendation for the first user uses inquiry histories from the plurality of inquiry histories comprising user information matching the user information for the first user.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current view is included in the directional path.

9. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the processor and storing a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform:
tracking interactions of a plurality of users with a plurality of views of an interactive visualization;
storing a plurality of inquiry histories for the interactive visualization, the plurality of inquiry histories representing the interactions of the plurality of users with the interactive visualization, the plurality of inquiry histories comprising, for each inquiry history of the plurality of inquiry histories, an interaction of a user with the interactive visualization and an associated view from the plurality of views of the interactive visualization;
determining a directional path comprising a subset of views from the plurality of views, wherein:
the directional path is a graph indicative of a path traced through the subset of views,
the graph is generated based on analyzing the plurality of inquiry histories representing the interactions of the plurality of users,
the graph comprises a plurality of vertices and one or more edges connecting the plurality of vertices, and
each vertex in the plurality of vertices represents a view from the subset of views and each edge in the one or more edges represents a navigation between two of the subset of views that are connected by the edge;

receiving a new interaction of a first user with the interactive visualization;
in response to receiving the new interaction, determining a current view of the interactive visualization associated with the new interaction, the current view included in the plurality of views;
determining a recommendation for the first user based on the new interaction, the plurality of inquiry histories, the current view, and the directional path, the recommendation including an action to navigate from the current view to a new view, wherein the new view is included in the directional path; and
outputting the recommendation to the first user.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the tracking comprises:
monitoring one or more interactions of a second user from the plurality of users with a first view of the plurality of views of the interactive visualization;
based upon the monitoring, determining a first action performed by the second user on the first view; and
determining a first state of the interactive visualization; and

storing the plurality of inquiry histories comprises storing information related to the first action and the first state.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein determining the first state of the interactive visualization comprises determining one or more of the first view, one or more selected filters, one or more filter criteria, or one or more attributes of the interactive visualization.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the new interaction of the first user comprises one or more of making a query through the interactive visualization, selecting a function of the interactive visualization, or navigating through the interactive visualization.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further caused to perform saving user information comprising one of a user type, a user level, a user role, and a user business unit for each of the plurality of users in the plurality of inquiry histories, wherein determining the recommendation for the first user uses inquiry histories from the plurality of inquiry histories comprising user information matching the user information for the first user.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the interactive visualization provides the plurality of views of a set of application data.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the new interaction of the first user with the interactive visualization comprises a query or a navigation action.

16. One or more non-transitory computer-reada

Assignees

• Oracle Int Corp

Inventors

• Blyumen Julia

Classifications

• G06Q10/063 Primary

  Operations research, analysis or management · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title