System, method, and computer program product for generating a representative view for a multipage compilation of information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9589066-B2
Application number	US-36005509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2009
Priority date	Jan 26, 2009
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

A method according to one embodiment includes outputting one page of a multipage compilation of information; receiving a request to show portions of multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information, the request originating from a user input device; selecting the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information; generating a view having the selected portions; and outputting the view to a graphical display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
outputting one page of a multipage compilation of information;
receiving a request to show portions of multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information, the request originating from a user input device, the request including an indication of which portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation to select;
selecting the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information according to the indication;
generating a view having the selected portions; and
outputting the view to a graphical display device,
wherein the selected portions output to the graphical display device include a first item, a middle item, and a last item of each of the multiple pages.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multipage compilation of information is a search result or includes multiple web pages.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multipage compilation of information is a multi-page table.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving selection of an item in the view, and performing an action associated with selection of the item, wherein the selected portions are output in the view in a same graphical manner as they are output on the page associated therewith when the page associated therewith is output.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request includes a fractional indication of how many portions to select relative to all portions in the multipage compilation, the fractional indication being shown on a slider, and wherein selecting the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation includes selecting a maximum number of portions for the view, the portions being located at about uniform intervals in the multipage compilation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation includes selecting a maximum number of portions for the view, the portions being located at about uniform intervals in the multipage compilation.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request includes a fractional indication of how many portions to select relative to all portions in the multipage compilation.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected portions comprise every nth line of each page of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation, and wherein the indication includes a value of n.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information comprises selecting portions in a manner which creates a summary of the information of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information.

10. A computer program product for generating a view, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
computer usable program code configured to output one page of a multipage compilation of information;
computer usable program code configured to receive a request to show portions of multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information, the request including an indication of which portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation to select;
computer usable program code configured to select the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information according to the indication;
computer usable program code configured to generate a view having the selected portions; and
computer usable program code configured to output the view,
wherein the multipage compilation of information is a multi-page table, and
wherein the selected portions include a first row of each of the multiple pages.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the multipage compilation of information is a search result or includes multiple web pages.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the selected portions further include a selectable number of first cells of each first row of the multiple pages.

13. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the selected portions further include a first item, a middle item, and a last item of each of the multiple pages.

14. The computer program product of claim 10 , further comprising computer usable program code configured to receive selection of an item in the view, and perform an action associated with selection of the item, wherein the selected portions are output in the view in a same graphical manner as they are output on the page associated therewith when the page associated therewith is output.

15. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the request includes a fractional indication of how many portions to select relative to all portions in the multipage compilation, the fractional indication being shown on a slider, and wherein the computer usable program code configured to select portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation is further configured to select a maximum number of portions for the view, the portions being located at about uniform intervals in the multipage compilation.

16. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the computer usable program code configured to select the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation is further configured to select a maximum number of portions for the view, the portions being located at about uniform intervals in the multipage compilation.

17. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the request includes a fractional indication of how many portions to select relative to all portions in the multipage compilation.

18. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the selected portions comprise every nth line of each page of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation, and wherein the indication includes a value of n.

19. A method, comprising:
outputting one page of a multipage compilation of information;
receiving a request to show portions of multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information, the request originating from a user input device, the request including an indication of which portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation to select;
selecting the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information according to the indication;
generating a view having the selected portions, wherein the multipage compilation of information is a multi-page table;
outputting the view to a graphical display device, wherein the selected portions output to the graphical display device include a selectable number of first cells of each first row of each of the multiple pages;
receiving selection of an item in the view, and performing an action associated with selection of the item,
wherein the request includes an indication of the particular portions to select by designating at least one of:
an interval of the pages from which to select the portions;
an interval of the portions in the multipage compilation; and
specific portions.

20. A computer program product for generating a view, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
computer usable program code configured to output one page of a multipage compilation of information;
computer usable program code configured to receive a request to show portions of multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information, the request originating from a user input device

Assignees

• Brugler Thomas Stanton
• Eischeid Todd Michael
• Molander Mark E
• Ortega Kerry A
• IBM

Inventors

• Brugler Thomas Stanton
• Eischeid Todd Michael
• Molander Mark E
• Ortega Kerry A

Classifications

• G06F17/30905 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title

• G06F16/9577 Primary

  Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents · CPC title