Patent ID: 9715556
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: providing, by a processor, a graphical user interface of an infographic template that includes a first area presenting a text object and a second area presenting a graphical representation of a first property of data stored in a table contained in an infographic document that is used to generate the graphical representation; receiving, via the graphical user interface, a first input representative of a text string in the text object, and storing the first input in a text portion of the infographic document; receiving, via the graphical user interface, a second input representative of associating the text string in the text object and the graphical representation; determining, by the processor, a relationship between the text string in the text object and the graphical representation by matching the text string to an entry in the table, and storing the relationship in a linking metadata portion of the infographic document; and linking, by the processor, the text string in the text object as a control variable to the graphical representation according to the relationship by storing data in the linking metadata portion of the infographic document that describes the link between the text string to the graphical representation, wherein the graphical representation is dynamically updated when a third input is received that modifies the control variable.