Annotation editor with graph

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11017162-B2
Application number	US-201816208427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2018
Priority date	Dec 3, 2018
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

An approach is provided in which an information handling system displays a first editor on a display that displays nodes corresponding to entities included in a document text. In response to receiving a user selection corresponding to a first one of the nodes, the information handling system identifies one or more second nodes corresponding to the first node based on the document text. In turn, the information handling system repositions the one or more second nodes to a second position on the first editor based on a first position of the first node.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method implemented by an information handling system that includes a memory and a processor, the method comprising:
displaying a first editor and a second editor concurrently on a display, wherein the second editor displays a document text and the first editor displays a plurality of nodes corresponding to a plurality of entities included in the document text;
in response to receiving a first user selection corresponding to a first one of the plurality of nodes, identifying, based on the document text, one or more second nodes in the plurality of nodes corresponding to the first node;
repositioning the one or more second nodes to a second position on the first editor based on a first position of the first node; and
in response to repositioning the one or more second nodes to the second position:
receiving a second user selection corresponding to a selected one of the one or more second nodes; and
overlaying an indicator on the second editor that indicates a relationship between a first one of the plurality of entities corresponding to the first node and a second one of the plurality of entities corresponding to the selected second node.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first editor is a graphical editor and the second editor is a text editor, the method further comprising:
highlighting the plurality of entities in the document text on the second editor that correspond to the plurality of nodes.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
in response to receiving the first user selection:
repositioning the first node proximate to a center of the first editor;
identifying a first one of the plurality of entities that corresponds to the first node;
and
adjusting the document text in the second editor that positions the first entity to a center of the second editor.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
in response to determining that the second user selection corresponds to a co-reference selection:
combining the selected second node with the first node on the first editor.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first user selection corresponds to a relation type selection corresponding to a first entity type and a second entity type of the plurality of entities, the method further comprising:
identifying a first set of the plurality of nodes corresponding to the first entity type, the first node included in the first set of nodes;
identifying a second set of the plurality of nodes corresponding to the second entity type, the one or more second nodes included in the second set of nodes; and
positioning the first set of nodes on a first area of the first editor and positioning the second set of nodes on a second area of the first editor that is different than the first editor.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:
receiving a third user selection corresponding to a selected one of the first set of nodes and a selected one of the second set of nodes;
adding a first relation identifier on the first editor indicating the relation type between the selected one of the first set of nodes and the selected one of the second set of nodes; and
adding a second relation identifier on the second editor indicating the relation type between a selected first one of the plurality of entities and a selected second one of the plurality of entities, wherein the selected first entity corresponds to the selected one of the first set of nodes and the selected second entity corresponds the selected one of the second set of nodes.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein the first user selection is a relation type node selection corresponding to a first entity type and a second entity type of the plurality of entities, the method further comprising:
displaying one or more relations between the first node and the selected second node on the first editor.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:
in response to displaying the one or more relations between the first node and the selected second node:
receiving a user relation selection that selects one of the one or more displayed relations, wherein the user relation selection corresponds to a relation type;
adding a first relation identifier on the first editor indicating the relation type between the first node and the selected second node; and
adding a second relation identifier on the second editor indicating the relation type between the first entity and the second entity.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprising:
identifying a subset of the one or more second nodes corresponding to a subset of the plurality of entities that are in a same sentence as the first entity in the document text; and
positioning the subset of the one or more second nodes next to the first node in the first editor.

10. An information handling system comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of:
displaying a first editor and a second editor concurrently on a display, wherein the second editor displays a document text and the first editor displays a plurality of nodes corresponding to a plurality of entities included in the document text;
in response to receiving a first user selection corresponding to a first one of the plurality of nodes, identifying, based on the document text, one or more second nodes in the plurality of nodes corresponding to the first node;
repositioning the one or more second nodes to a second position on the first editor based on a first position of the first node; and
in response to repositioning the one or more second nodes to the second position:
receiving a second user selection corresponding to a selected one of the one or more second nodes; and
overlaying an indicator on the second editor that indicates a relationship between a first one of the plurality of entities corresponding to the first node and a second one of the plurality of entities corresponding to the selected second node.

11. The information handling system of claim 10 wherein the first editor is a graphical editor, and wherein the processors perform additional actions comprising:
highlighting the plurality of entities in the document text on the second editor that correspond to the plurality of nodes.

12. The information handling system of claim 11 wherein the processors perform additional actions comprising:
in response to receiving the first user selection:
repositioning the first node proximate to a center of the first editor;
identifying a first one of the plurality of entities that corresponds to the first node;
and
adjusting the document text in the second editor that positions the first entity to a center of the second editor.

13. The information handling system of claim 10 wherein the processors perform additional actions comprising:
in response to determining that the second user selection corresponds to a co-reference selection:
combining the selected second node with the first node on the first editor.

14. The information handling system of claim 10 wherein the first user selection corresponds to a relation type selection corresponding to a first entity type and a second entity type of the plurality of entities, the processors performing additional actions comprising:
identifying a first set of the plurality of nodes corresponding to the first entity type, the first node included in the first set of nodes;
identifying a second set of the plurality of nodes corresponding to the second entity type, the one or more second nod

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Ono Atsushi
• Oyanagi Chikako
• Abe Yuka
• Tauchi Teruki

Classifications

• G06F40/106

  Display of layout of documents; Previewing · CPC title

• G06F40/169 Primary

  Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title