Adjusting audio or graphical resolutions for data discovery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10606449-B2
Application number	US-201715474939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2017
Priority date	Mar 30, 2017
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

Techniques for managing and discovering data using visual or audible representations may be provided. The data, in some examples, may correspond with individual items, and the system may correlate each item with a representation of the item (e.g., for navigation, for accessibility, etc.). The representations may be provided to allow discovery of the items in response to adjusting the resolution, audibly requesting information, or panning across a display to discover items that are displayed as these representations outside of the original presentation of representations. In some examples, the representation of the item may not be unique to the item or may be represented as a placeholder image or description. The higher the resolution, the more detail about the item may be provided. When an item is selected, item data may be provided that corresponds with the item.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
providing, by a computer system to a user device over a data network, an image of a map for presentation at a user interface of the user device, the image overlaying visual representations over a geographic region of the map at a first resolution, the visual representations representing items available from a storage facility;
enabling, by the computer system, interaction with the image of the map at the user interface, including the interaction of zooming into the image of the map to show a detailed geographic region of the image of the map;
receiving, by the computer system from the user device over the data network, a first request to zoom into the image of the map;
in response to the first request, providing, by the computer system to the user device over the data network, the detailed geographic region of the image of the map and an overlay of a subset of the visual representations over the detailed geographic region at a second resolution, the second resolution being higher than the first resolution;
receiving, by the computer system from the user device over the data network, a second request to access information about an item of the items available from the storage facility;
in response to the second request, providing, by the computer system to the user device over the data network, an item image associated with the item, the item image being overlaid over the detailed geographic region and having a higher resolution than the second resolution;
determining, by the computer system, a number of interactions with the item; and
providing, by the computer system to the user device over the data network, a reorganization of a first representation of the item in the detailed geographic region of the image of the map based at least in part on a comparison of the number of interactions with the item and a threshold.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
associating the item image with an active link;
receiving an activation of the active link; and
providing an item detail page of the first item accessible by the active link.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
categorizing the items available from the storage facility, such that the item corresponds with a first category of the map and a second item corresponds with a second category of the map;
correlating the first category with the detailed geographic region; and
correlating the second category with a different geographic region of the map.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing features of the item with features of a second item;
determining similarities between the first item and the second item based at least in part on the comparing; and
adjusting the image of the map to overlay the first visual representation representing the item and a second visual representation representing the second item within a proximate distance based at least in part on the similarities.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the interactions with the visual representations allow three-dimensional navigation, and the overlay of the subset of the visual representations over the detailed geographic region is based at least in part on the three-dimensional navigation.

6. One or more computer-readable storage media collectively storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer systems, configure the one or more computer systems to collectively perform operations comprising:
providing representations of a plurality of items to a user device for presentation at an interface of the user device, the plurality of items available from one or more storage facilities;
enabling interactions with the representations via the interface of the user device, the interactions comprising varying resolution levels associated with presenting the visual representations at a network document;
receiving, from the user device, a request to access information about a first item of the plurality of items available from the one or more storage facilities, the request received based at least in part on a selection of a representation of the first item;
based at least in part on the request, providing, to the user device, a second information describing the first item;
determining a number of interactions with the first item; and
providing, to the user device, a reorganization of the representation of the first item in the network document based at least in part on a comparison of the number of interactions with the first item and a threshold.

7. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 6 , further comprising instructions that are executable by the one or more computer systems to:
prior to receiving the request, receiving a first request to zoom into the network document; and
in response to the first request, providing a detailed geographic region of an image of a map at a second resolution level, the second resolution level being higher than a first resolution level.

8. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 6 , further comprising instructions that are executable by the one or more computer systems to:
instructing the user device to present the subset of the representations at the second resolution level based at least in part on receiving an indication from the script about an interaction at the second resolution level.

9. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 6 , further comprising instructions that are executable by the one or more computer systems to:
generating an image tile of the first item;
receiving an update associated with the first item; and
replacing the image tile with a new image tile, based at least in part on the update.

10. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 6 , further comprising instructions that are executable by the one or more computer systems to: providing a plurality of representations for a single item to the user device, wherein the plurality of representations correspond with different resolutions of the single item.

11. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 6 , further comprising instructions that are executable by the one or more computer systems to:
providing a low resolution image to the user device;
receiving a second request from the user device; and
based at least in part on receiving the second request, providing a high resolution image to the user device, wherein the low resolution image and the high resolution image correspond with a same item and the user device is enabled to access the high resolution image in response to the second request.

12. A computing device comprising:
a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions; and
a processor in communication with the memory configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to at least:
present, by the computing device, representations of a plurality of items, the plurality of items available from one or more storage facilities;
enable interactions with the representations, the interactions comprising changing resolutions of the representations, a first resolution level corresponding to a presentation of the representations, and a second resolution level corresponding to a presentation of a subset of the representations;
receive a request to access information about a first item of the plurality of items available from the one or more storage facilities the request received based at least in part on a selection of a first representation of the first item presented at the second resolution level; and
based at

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Canavor Darren Ernest
• Ghazal Moustafa
• Havens Darryl
• Mooney Jane
• Nguyen Luan Khai
• Porter Brandon William

Classifications

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title

• G06T2210/36

  Level of detail · CPC title

• G06T19/006

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title