Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING SEARCH QUERIES AND USER PROFILES AND VIEWING SEARCH RESULTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001042948
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A user interface for querying and displaying records form a database employs a physical metaphor for the process of constructing queries and viewing results. In one embodiment, the search criteria are shown as strings of beads in a three-dimensional scene, each bead representing a criterion and each string representing a different category. For example the criteria, drama, action, suspense, and horror may be included in a category of genre. Criteria are selected to form a query by moving corresponding beads to a query string. User preference profiles can be constructed in the same way. Profiles can be saved and represented as bead strings that can be used in further interactions in the same manner as criteria beads. Results are displayed in a three-dimensional scene also. The accuracy of the match between retrieved records and the query correspond to the placement of results, also represented as beads, along the Z-axis of the scene.
Inventors:
NIKOLOVSKA LIRA
MARTINO JACQUELYN A
CAMPLIN ALISON F
MARTINO JACQUELYN A
CAMPLIN ALISON F
Application Number:
PCT/EP2000/011702
Publication Date:
February 12, 2004
Filing Date:
November 23, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV (NL)
International Classes:
G06F17/30; (IPC1-7): G06F17/30
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1998018091A1 | 1998-04-30 |
Foreign References:
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Other References:
COOPER J W ET AL: "OBIWAN-a visual interface for prompted query refinement", SYSTEM SCIENCES, 1998., PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KOHALA COAST, HI, USA 6-9 JAN. 1998, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 6 January 1998 (1998-01-06), pages 277 - 285, XP010262890, ISBN: 0-8186-8255-8
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