Patent Document ID: 20090259947
Application ID: 12489824
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a graphical representation of a plurality of items in a collaborative environment, the method comprising: providing, by a processor to a device of a user, a graphical representation of a plurality of items, each item having an association with at least one other item, wherein each item is represented by a shape and the association of each item with the at least one other item is represented by a line between each shape representing each item and each shape representing the at least one of other item; receiving, by the processor from the device of the user, a request to associate a first metric of the plurality of items with a size of each shape representing each item, wherein the size of each shape is based on a value of the first metric of each item; receiving, by the processor from the device of the user, a request to associate a second metric with a color of each shape representing each item, wherein the color of each shape is based on a second value of the second metric of each item; transforming, by the processor, the graphical representation of the plurality of items such that the size of each shape representing each item is based on the first value of the first metric of each item and the color of each shape representing each item is based on the second value of the second metric of each item; and providing, by the processor to the device of the user, the transformed graphical representation of the plurality of items.