Patent ID: 9715866
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G01C,G06F,G06T,G09B,G09G

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method of presenting data in a graphical overlay, the method comprising: displaying the graphical overlay on a spatial rendering of data; overlaying a first lens on a first region of the graphical overlay, wherein the first lens includes at least one first context that is accessible by manipulation of the first lens and at least one interactive icon associated with the at least one first context; in response to receiving, at the at least one interactive icon, a first action associated with the at least one first context, activating the at least one first context within the first lens; and in response to activating the at least one first context within the first lens: obtaining a first dataset corresponding to the at least one first context from at least one of a plurality of data sources; displaying the first dataset within the first lens, wherein the displayed first dataset is a visual representation of a first context dataset obtained from the at least one of the plurality of data sources; overlaying a second lens on a second region of the graphical overlay, wherein the second lens includes at least one second context that is accessible by manipulation of the second lens; in response to receiving, at the second lens, a second action associated with the at least one second context, activating the at least one second context within the second lens; in response to activating the at least one second context within the second lens, obtaining a second dataset corresponding to the at least one second context from the at least one of the plurality of data sources; simultaneously displaying the second dataset within the second lens, while displaying the first dataset within the first lens, wherein the displayed second dataset is a visual representation of a second context dataset obtained from the at least one of the plurality of data sources; circumscribing a first region of the graphical overlay within each of the first lens and the second lens, wherein the graphical overlay comprises a geospatial map; separating the first lens and the second lens to provide one of a partially overlapping and a non-overlapping spatial relationship between the first and the second lens; in response to separating the first lens and the second lens: simultaneously preserving the first circumscribed region of the geospatial map within each of the first and second lenses; and concealing a second non-circumscribed region; and displaying the first dataset within the first lens and the second dataset within the second lens.