Method and apparatus for data visualization
View Patent ↗A data visualization system provides data visualization objects to a live document author for incorporation into a live document. The system is responsive to selection of one or more objects by incorporating the object in a hypertext markup. Objects may include view objects, such as bar charts and dynamic tables, text objects, which permit an author to guide a reader through the live document, and interaction objects which permit a reader to interact with a live document. The system also permits views to be linked by an author and interaction sessions to be saved by a reader.
1. A computer program product for use with an interactive display system capable of receiving input signals from an input device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable code thereon comprising:
code for providing visualization objects to a live document author;
code for responding to the selection of visualization objects by the author by incorporating the selected objects into a live document;
code for incorporating a view scripting language as a string in a hypertext markup; and
code for saving the live document as a hypertext markup, wherein the code allows a client to record and replay a sequence of interactions with the live document.
2. The computer program product of claim 1 further comprising: code for providing a view object for use by a live document author.
3. The computer program product of claim 2 further comprising: code for providing a dynamic table view object for use by a live document author.
4. The computer program product of claim 1 further comprising: code for providing a text object for use by a live document author.
5. The computer program product of claim 1 further comprising: code for providing an interaction object for use by a live document author.
6. The computer program product of claim 1 further comprising: code for linking view objects in response to a selection by the live document author.