KR101259608B1 - Method for displaying ranking information - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed technique relates to a method of displaying relative ranking information, the method comprising: displaying current information that a current node points to, and when a user touch is input, moving along a link of the current node to determine one of all neighboring nodes as the next node. And displaying the next information pointed to by the determined next node. Relative ranking is implemented in a meta matrix including a plurality of nodes, each of which is an information link representing information, an upper link relating to an upper node representing a higher ranking, a lower link relating to a lower node representing a lower ranking, and the same ranking. It may include the same link for the same node that represents. All of the neighboring nodes may include a parent node, a child node, and the same node of the current node. Thus, the disclosed technology can easily search for information related to specific information according to rank or level and display the user for easy recognition. can do.

Description

How to display ranking information {METHOD FOR DISPLAYING RANKING INFORMATION}

The disclosed technique relates to a method of displaying information, and more particularly, to a display method capable of easily recognizing a ranking of a plurality of information.

According to the development of communication environment and terminal technology, various services using user terminals are provided. The user may search for information through the user terminal, and the user terminal may display a plurality of found information in a sequential list on the screen. When a plurality of pieces of information can be classified into several levels or items, it is not easy for a user to search information on one screen according to each level or item, and the user is inconvenient to search again for each level or item. There is this.

The disclosed technology provides a method of easily searching for information associated with specific information by rank or level and displaying the information for easy recognition by a user.

The disclosed technology provides a method of easily searching for information recommended by a plurality of users according to a recommendation order and displaying the information so that the user can easily recognize the information.

Among the embodiments, the method of displaying the ranking information performed in the terminal for displaying the information that can be distinguished relative ranking is displayed by the current node pointing to the current information, if a user touch is inputted the link of the current node Moving along to determine one of all adjacent nodes as the next node and displaying the next information pointed to by the determined next node. Relative ranking is implemented in a meta matrix including a plurality of nodes, each of which is an information link representing information, an upper link relating to an upper node representing a higher ranking, a lower link relating to a lower node representing a lower ranking, and the same ranking. It may include the same link for the same node that represents. All of the neighbor nodes may include an upper node, a lower node and the same node of the current node.

In one embodiment, the meta-matrix may implement the plurality of nodes in a dual linked list. In one embodiment, the plurality of nodes may be classified according to recommendation order. In one embodiment, the same node includes a higher recommendation node representing a higher recommendation rank and a lower recommendation node representing a lower recommendation rank, and the same link is connected to a first same link and the lower recommendation node for the upper recommendation node. It may include a second same link for. In one embodiment, the upper link may indicate the highest recommendation rank among at least one higher node. In one embodiment, the lower link may indicate the highest recommendation rank among at least one lower node.

In one embodiment, the method for displaying the ranking information may include determining at least one node connected along a link with the current node when the user selects a zoom-out menu and the determined at least one The method may further include displaying at least one information pointed to by each node and information pointed to by the current node. The at least one node may include some of the plurality of nodes.

In another embodiment, the method of displaying the ranking information may include checking if a user selects a zoom-in menu, displaying a plurality of pieces of information, and if the plurality of pieces of information are displayed, displaying the current node. The method may further include displaying information that the user points to.

Among the embodiments, the method for displaying the ranking information performed in the terminal for displaying the information that can be distinguished relative ranking comprises the steps of displaying the current node information and a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighboring nodes of the current node, the user touch Determining one of all neighbor nodes as a next node according to the input, and displaying next node information about the determined next node and a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighbor nodes of the determined next node. Relative rankings are implemented in a matrix comprising a plurality of nodes, each of which is node information, a pointer to a higher node (hereinafter referred to as a higher pointer), a pointer to a lower node (hereinafter referred to as a lower pointer) and to the same node. A pointer (hereinafter, the same pointer), and if there is no higher node corresponding to the higher pointer, the higher pointer points to itself; if there is no lower node corresponding to the lower pointer, the lower pointer points to itself and the When there is no same node corresponding to the same pointer, the same pointer may indicate itself. All adjacent nodes may include all nodes pointed to by the upper pointer, the lower pointer and the same pointer.

In one embodiment, the method for displaying the ranking information may further include generating a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighboring nodes for each of the plurality of nodes. In an embodiment, generating a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighboring nodes for each of the plurality of nodes may be performed periodically. In one embodiment, generating a plurality of thumbnail information for all adjacent nodes for each of the plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes includes a thumbnail list, based on the generated plurality of thumbnail information The method may further include updating the thumbnail list.

In another embodiment, the method for displaying the ranking information may further include generating a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighboring nodes for the current node.

Among the embodiments, the terminal displaying the information that can be distinguished relative ranking stores a meta-matrix including a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes in an information link indicating information, the upper node indicating a higher ranking A meta-matrix memory unit including an upper link related, a lower link related to a lower node indicating a lower rank, and an identical link related to the same node indicating the same rank, a display unit displaying current information pointed to by the current node, and a user touch input When the current node is moved along the link of the current node, one of all adjacent nodes may be determined as the next node, and all of the adjacent nodes may include a node determination unit including an upper node, a lower node, and the same node of the current node.

In one embodiment, the display unit may display the next information pointed to by the determined next node.

Among the embodiments, the terminal for displaying the information that can be distinguished relative rank stores a meta-matrix including a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes is a node information, a pointer to a higher node (hereinafter, referred to as a higher pointer) ), A pointer to a lower node (hereinafter referred to as a lower pointer) and a pointer to the same node (hereinafter referred to as an identical pointer), and when there is no upper node corresponding to the higher pointer, the upper pointer points to itself and the lower point. If there is no lower node corresponding to the pointer, the lower pointer points to itself, and if there is no identical node corresponding to the same pointer, the same pointer indicates a meta-matrix memory unit pointing to itself, and all adjacent ones of at least one node. Generate a plurality of thumbnail information about the node, wherein all adjacent nodes Thumbnail information generation unit including an upper pointer, the lower pointer and all nodes pointed to by the same pointer, a display unit for displaying current node information and a plurality of thumbnail information about all adjacent nodes of the current node, and a user touch input. In accordance with the present invention, the node determining unit may determine one of all neighboring nodes as a next node.

The display unit may display next node information about the determined next node and a plurality of thumbnail information about all adjacent nodes of the determined next node. In an embodiment, the thumbnail information generator may dynamically generate a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighboring nodes with respect to the current node.

The disclosed technology can easily retrieve information associated with specific information from one configuration by means of solving the problem according to rank or level and can be easily recognized by the user.

The disclosed technology can easily retrieve information recommended from a plurality of users from one configuration by means of solving the problem according to a recommendation rank.

1 is a diagram illustrating a matrix view system.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal of FIG. 1.
It is a figure explaining a meta matrix.
It is a figure explaining a node.
5 is a diagram illustrating a meta-matrix implemented as a dual linked list.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a meta-matrix providing method performed by the matrix view server of FIG. 1.
FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a specific embodiment of FIG. 6.
8 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of displaying ranking information performed by a terminal of FIG. 1.
9 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method of displaying ranking information performed by a terminal of FIG. 1.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a metamatrix in which rank information may be classified.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a metamatrix in which ranking and recommendation ranking information may be divided.
12 is a diagram for explaining a zoom-in / out function.
FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of a terminal for displaying ranking information. FIG.

The description of the disclosed technique is merely an example for structural or functional explanation and the scope of the disclosed technology should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, the embodiments may be variously modified and may have various forms, and thus the scope of the disclosed technology should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, the objects or effects presented in the disclosed technology does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effects, and thus the scope of the disclosed technology should not be understood as being limited thereto.

Meanwhile, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

The terms "first "," second ", and the like are intended to distinguish one element from another, and the scope of the right should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, but there may be other elements in between. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. On the other hand, other expressions describing the relationship between the components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring to" and "directly neighboring to", should be interpreted as well.

It should be understood that the singular " include "or" have "are to be construed as including a stated feature, number, step, operation, component, It is to be understood that the combination is intended to specify that it does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

In each step, the identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of explanation, the identification code does not describe the order of each step, Unless otherwise stated, it may occur differently from the stated order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as described, may be performed substantially concurrently, or may be performed in reverse order.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Commonly used predefined terms should be interpreted to be consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and can not be interpreted as having ideal or overly formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.

1 is a diagram illustrating a matrix view system.

Referring to FIG. 1, the matrix view system 100 may include a terminal 120 and a matrix view server 110.

The matrix view server 110 may be connected to the terminal 120 through a wireless or wired communication network. The matrix view server 110 may store a plurality of meta matrices. The meta-matrix includes a plurality of nodes whose relative ranks may be distinguished, and the plurality of nodes may be connected to each other according to the rank.

The matrix view server 110 may provide information to the terminal 120. For example, when the terminal 120 requests information, the matrix view server 110 may transmit at least one meta matrix including request information among the plurality of meta matrices to the terminal 120. For another example, the matrix view server 110 may transmit at least one node of the plurality of nodes included in one meta matrix to the terminal 120. At least one node may include information requested by a user.

The terminal 120 displays at least one node included in the meta matrix. The terminal 120 may mount a hardware configuration and a software module or program for displaying the metamatrix. For example, the terminal 120 may include any device capable of visual display such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a smart TV, a digital camera, and a portable media player (PMP).

In one embodiment, the terminal 120 may receive at least one meta matrix or at least one node from the matrix view server 110. The terminal 120 may request specific information from the matrix view server 120, and the matrix view server 110 may search for a meta matrix including the specific information and transmit at least one node included in the retrieved meta matrix. have.

In another embodiment, the terminal 120 may include a separate module that stores a plurality of meta matrices.

The terminal 120 may display information by dividing the ranking. For example, information included in an upper node representing a higher rank than the current node may be displayed on the current information. Here, the current information corresponds to the information selected or retrieved by the user, and the current node corresponds to the node including the current information.

For another example, information included in a lower node indicating a lower rank than the current node may be displayed under the current information. For another example, information included in the same node indicating the same rank as the current node may be displayed on the left or right side of the current information.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the terminal 120 includes a communication unit 210, a user input unit 220, a node determiner 240, a display unit 260, and a controller 270, and a meta-matrix memory unit 230. It may further include a thumbnail information generator 250.

The communication unit 210 enables wired or wireless communication between the matrix view server 110 and the terminal 120. The terminal 120 may request information from the matrix view server 110 and receive information on the metamatrix from the matrix view server 110.

For example, the matrix view server 110 may provide the terminal 120 with information about at least one meta matrix of the plurality of meta matrices. At least one meta-matrix includes information requested by the terminal 120.

For another example, the matrix view server 110 may provide the terminal 120 with information about at least one node among a plurality of nodes included in one meta matrix. At least one node includes information requested by the terminal 120.

The user input unit 220 generates input data for controlling the operation of the terminal according to the user's input. The user input unit 120 may include a keypad, a touch pad (constant voltage / capacitance), and the like.

The user input unit 220 may include a button or an icon implemented on a touch screen having a mechanical or optical configuration. The button or icon may include up / down / left / right movement of the screen, thumbnail information selection function, or zoom-in / out function of the screen.

The meta matrix memory unit 230 stores all or part of at least one meta matrix. The meta matrix may include at least one node whose relative rank may be distinguished. At least one meta-matrix may be provided from the matrix view server 110 or pre-stored in the user terminal 120.

In one embodiment, the meta matrix memory unit 230 may temporarily store all or part of at least one meta matrix received from the matrix view server 110.

The description of the meta matrix will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

The node determiner 240 determines at least one node to be displayed on the terminal 110. The node determiner 240 may determine at least one node according to a user input.

For example, when the user inputs up / down / left / right movement of the screen, the node determiner 240 may determine one of all adjacent nodes along the link of the current node.

For another example, when the user inputs a zoom-out of the screen, the node determiner 240 may determine at least one node including the current node. Here, at least one node may include a node connected along a link of the current node.

The thumbnail information generator 250 generates at least one thumbnail information about at least one node. The thumbnail information may be a reduced image of a preset multiple of the corresponding image information, or may be text corresponding to a title, advertisement text, a company name, etc. of the corresponding information. For example, when the node information included in one node is a restaurant homepage address, the thumbnail information may be a thumbnail image of the main homepage, a homepage address, a restaurant name, or advertisement text.

In an embodiment, the thumbnail information generator 250 may generate a plurality of thumbnail information about all adjacent nodes for each of the plurality of nodes. All adjacent nodes may be connected along the link with the node and may include all nodes having a node distance of one. Each of the plurality of nodes may include a thumbnail list and may update the thumbnail list based on the plurality of thumbnail information. The thumbnail information generator 250 may search the meta-matrix memory unit 230 for information on all neighboring nodes of each of the plurality of nodes, and generate a plurality of thumbnail information based on all neighboring node information. In one embodiment, the thumbnail information generator 250 may periodically generate a plurality of thumbnail information.

In another embodiment, the thumbnail information generator 250 may generate a plurality of thumbnail information about all adjacent nodes with respect to the current node. When the current node is determined by the user's selection, the thumbnail information generation unit 250 retrieves information about all neighboring nodes of the current node from the meta-matrix memory unit 230, and displays a plurality of thumbnails based on all neighboring node information. Information can be generated.

The display unit 260 displays the information that the at least one node determined by the node determiner 240 points or includes. In an embodiment, the display unit 260 may display a plurality of thumbnail information.

For example, the display unit 260 may include an LCD panel, an LED panel, a touch screen panel, a 3D panel, and the like.

The controller 270 controls the operation between each component.

It is a figure explaining a meta matrix.

Referring to FIG. 3, the metamatrix includes m * n or less nodes (m and n are natural numbers), and the plurality of nodes may be connected to each other based on a ranking.

The current node 310 may be connected to an upper node 320 indicating a higher rank, a lower node 330 indicating a lower rank, and a same node 340 indicating the same rank. Each of the plurality of nodes may correspond to current node 310.

The highest ranking node may not have a node indicating a higher rank, and the lowest ranking node may not have a node indicating a lower rank. Also, a plurality of nodes may not have nodes indicating the same rank.

In one embodiment, the plurality of nodes may be connected to each other based on the recommendation rank. The current node 310 may be connected to the higher node 320 having the highest recommendation rank among the plurality of higher nodes having the same high rank, and the lower node 330 having the highest recommendation rank among the plurality of lower nodes having the same low rank. ) Can be connected. Also, the current node 310 may be connected to an upper recommendation node 340a indicating a higher recommendation rank or a lower recommendation node 340b indicating a lower recommendation rank among a plurality of identical nodes indicating the same rank.

In one embodiment, the plurality of nodes may include visit information and may be connected to each other based on the visit information. Visit information may include the number of times that the user has been selected or retrieved in the past. In one embodiment, the current node 310 may be associated with a node whose visit information is less than a certain value. For example, the current node 310 may be connected to a node having the highest recommendation rank among nodes not visited. In another embodiment, current node 310 may be associated with the node with the lowest visit information. For example, if there are no nodes that have not been visited at present, the node 310 may be connected to a node having the highest recommendation rank among nodes having the lowest number of visits.

In one embodiment, the metamatrix may be implemented as a dual linked list. A description of the meta-matrix implemented as a double linked list will be described later with reference to FIG. 5.

4A and 4B are diagrams describing nodes.

Referring to FIG. 4A, a node may include an information link 410, an upper link 430, a lower link 440, and the same link 450. The information link 410 may point to specific information, the upper link 430 may point to an upper node indicating a higher rank, and the lower link 440 may point to a lower node indicating a lower rank. In addition, the same link 450 may include first and second identical links 450a and 450b, and each of the first and second identical links 450a and 450b points to the same nodes indicating the same rank. can do.

Information link 410, upper link 430, lower link 440, and identical link 450 may correspond to pointers for nodes, and if there is no node corresponding to each pointer, each pointer may point to itself. Can be.

In one embodiment, the first same link 440a may point to a higher recommendation node indicating a higher recommendation rank, and the second same link 440b may point to a lower recommendation node indicating a lower recommendation rank.

Referring to FIG. 4B, a node may include node information 420, an upper link 430, a lower link 440, and the same link 450. The node information 420 may include specific information.

4A and 4B, the specific information may include an image, text, a homepage address, an advertisement, and the like.

For example, suppose the meta-matrix contains information about the movie.

Each of the plurality of nodes may include information about posters, movie titles, screening dates, advertisement videos, notice videos, related articles, or homepage addresses of the plurality of movies. Each of the plurality of nodes may be connected in order of movie reservation or show date.

As another example, assume that the meta-matrix contains information about the product.

Each of the plurality of nodes may include information about a product image, a company homepage, an advertisement video or an image, a product price, etc. of a plurality of products. Each of the plurality of nodes may be classified by price and may be connected according to price or release date order.

5 is a diagram illustrating a meta-matrix implemented as a dual linked list.

Referring to FIG. 5, the upper link of the current node 310 points to the upper node 320, and the lower link of the upper node 320 points to the current node 310. The lower link of the current node 310 points to the lower node 330, and the upper link of the lower node 330 points to the current node 310. In addition, the first same link of the current node 310 points to the first same node 340a, and the second same link of the first same node 340a points to the current node 310. The second same link of the current node 310 points to the second same node 340b, and the first same link of the second same node 340b points to the current node 310.

If there is no node corresponding to the upper link of the upper node 320, the upper link of the upper node 320 may point to itself, and if there is no node corresponding to the lower link of the lower node 330, the lower node 330. Sublinks in can point to themselves.

In one embodiment, the metamatrix may be implemented as a circular double linked list. A plurality of identical nodes representing the same rank as the current node 310 may be implemented as a circular dual linked list. For example, when the same node indicating the same rank as the current node 310 has only the first and second same nodes 340a and 340b, the first same link of the first same node 340a is the second. Pointing to the same node 340b, the second same link of the second same node 340b may point to the first same node 340a.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a meta-matrix providing method performed by the matrix view server of FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a specific embodiment of FIG. 6.

6 and 7, the matrix view server 110 receives an information request from the terminal 120 (step S601).

The matrix view server 110 retrieves the information requested by the terminal 120 from the plurality of meta matrices (step S602). Each of the plurality of meta matrices includes a plurality of nodes, and each of the plurality of nodes may include node information or an information link indicating information. The matrix view server 110 may search for a current node including information that is the same as or similar to the current information among the plurality of nodes.

If the current node 710 is found, the matrix view server 110 provides the terminal 120 with one meta-matrix 700 that includes the current node 710 (step S603).

In one embodiment, matrix view server 110 may transmit all of one meta-matrix 700 to terminal 120.

In another embodiment, the matrix view server 110 may transmit a portion of one meta matrix 700 to the terminal 120. Some of the one meta-matrix 700 includes a current node 710 and may further include at least one node that can be connected along a link from the current node 710.

For example, the matrix view server 110 may transmit information about at least one node whose node distance is less than or equal to a predetermined value along the link from the current node 710 to the terminal 120 (area A).

As another example, the matrix view server 110 may transmit information about all neighboring nodes of the current node 710 to the terminal 120. All neighboring nodes may include a parent node, a child node, and the same node of the current node 710 (area B).

For another example, the matrix view server 110 may transmit information about at least one same node indicating the same rank as the current node 710 to the terminal 120. (C region)

The terminal 120 may temporarily store the information received from the matrix view server 110 in the meta matrix memory unit 230, and display current node information that the current node 710 points to or includes.

The matrix view server 110 receives a next node information request that is not present in the meta matrix memory unit 230 from the terminal 120 (step S604). When a user touch is input, the terminal 120 may determine one of all adjacent nodes as the next node, and request the next node information from the matrix view server 110 when the next node is not in the meta-matrix memory unit 230. All adjacent nodes may include all nodes pointed to by the upper link, lower link and the same link.

The matrix view server 110 searches for the next node information in one meta matrix 700 (step S605). If found, the matrix view server 110 provides the terminal 120 with information about the next node (step S606). In one embodiment, the matrix view server 110 may further transmit information to the terminal 120 about at least one node that may be connected along the link from the next node.

8 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of displaying ranking information performed by a terminal of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 8, the terminal 120 displays current information that the current node points to or includes (step S801). The terminal 120 may select a current node from the meta matrix memory unit 230. The current information may correspond to information that the user wants to select or retrieve, and the current node corresponds to a node including the current information.

In one embodiment, the terminal 120 may request current information from the matrix view server 110 and receive all or a portion of the metamatrix including the current node from the matrix view server 110. The user terminal 120 may store all or part of the received meta matrix in the meta matrix memory unit 230.

When the user touch is input, the terminal 120 generates input data in the user input unit 220 and determines one of all adjacent nodes as the next node based on the generated input data (step S802). All adjacent nodes may include all nodes pointed to by the upper link, lower link and the same link.

The terminal 120 may move the screen up / down / left / right according to the input data. For example, if the input data corresponds to the phase movement of the screen, the node determiner 240 may determine the next node along the upper link of the current node. In addition, when the input data corresponds to the left movement of the screen, the next node may be determined along the first same link of the current node.

The node determiner 240 may determine that there is no next node when the link value of the current node is null or points to itself.

The terminal 120 displays next information that the next node points to or includes (step S803).

In one embodiment, the user terminal 120 may search for the next node in the meta-matrix memory unit 230. If found, the next node displays the next information it points to, and if not, it can request the next node information from the matrix view server 110.

9 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method of displaying ranking information performed by a terminal of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 9, the terminal 120 displays current node information and a plurality of thumbnail information about all adjacent nodes (step S901). The user terminal 120 may select a current node from the meta matrix memory unit 230. The current node information may correspond to information that the user wants to select or search.

The plurality of thumbnail information may include information about all adjacent nodes connected along the link with the current node. Every adjacent node may include an upper pointer, a lower pointer, and all nodes pointed to by the same pointer.

In one embodiment, the current node may include a thumbnail list of all neighbor nodes. The terminal 120 may display a plurality of thumbnail information included in the current node.

In another embodiment, when the current node is selected, the thumbnail information generator 250 may generate a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighboring nodes of the current node. The terminal 120 may display the generated plurality of thumbnail information.

When the user touch is input, the terminal 120 generates input data in the user input unit 220 and determines one of all adjacent nodes as the next node based on the generated input data (step S902).

The terminal 120 displays next node information and a plurality of thumbnail information about all adjacent nodes of the next node (step S903).

10A to 10C are diagrams for describing a specific example of a meta matrix in which ranking information may be classified.

10A to 10C, a plurality of nodes may implement a meta matrix based on node information and rank information. In this case, there may be one or more methods for implementing the meta-matrix.

For example, a node whose node information is 'E' (hereinafter referred to as E node) corresponds to rank information 3, so that the upper link may point to the D node having rank information 2, and the lower link has 4 rank information. Can point to a G node. The same link may indicate A node and H node that have the same ranking information.

Since node information 'B' (hereinafter referred to as B node) has rank information of 1, an upper link may indicate itself, and a lower link may point to a D node having rank information 2. FIG. And the same link points to itself because there is no node with the same ranking information.

For another example, an upper link of an E node may point to an I node of rank information 2, and a lower link may point to a G node of rank information 4.

Sublinks of the A, E and H nodes may all point to a G node. However, the upper link of node G may refer to one of A, E, and H nodes.

11A and 11B are diagrams for describing a concrete example of a meta matrix in which ranking and recommendation ranking information may be divided.

11A and 11B, a plurality of nodes may implement a meta matrix based on node information, ranking information, and recommendation information. The recommendation information may include a recommendation number or a recommendation rank.

Here, it is assumed that the recommendation information corresponds to the number of recommendation, and the recommendation ranking may be classified according to the recommendation information.

For example, a node whose node information is 'D' (hereinafter referred to as D node) corresponds to rank information 2 and recommendation information 10, so the upper link may point to node B having rank information 1, and The link may indicate an A node having a high recommendation rank among A, E, and H nodes having rank information of 3. In addition, the first same link may point to itself because there is no node whose recommendation information is greater than 10, and the second same link may refer to an I node having the same ranking information and less than 10 recommendation information.

Since node information 'A' (hereinafter referred to as A node) has rank information of 3 and recommendation information of 20, the top link has a high D recommendation among nodes D and I having rank information of 2. And a sub link may point to a G node with rank information of 4. In addition, the first same link may point to itself because there is no node with recommendation information greater than 20, and the second same link may have an H node having high recommendation rank among H and E nodes having the same ranking information and less than 10 recommendation information. Can point to.

The upper links of the A, H, and E nodes can all point to node D. However, a sublink of node D may point to node A.

Sublinks of the A, H, and E nodes can all point to a G node. However, a child link of node G may point to node A.

12A to 12C are diagrams for explaining the zoom-in / out function.

11 and 12A through 12C, it is assumed that the meta-matrix memory unit 230 of the terminal 120 stores the meta-matrix shown in FIG. 11.

The terminal 120 may display current node information selected by the user. For example, the user may search for 'A' information and the terminal 120 may display information pointed to by the A node 1110.

When the user selects a zoom-out menu, the node determiner 240 may determine at least one node connected along a link of the current node.

In one embodiment, the node determiner 240 may select the upper node, lower node and the same node of the current node. The node determiner 240 may further select at least one node connected to the same link of each adjacent node (see FIG. 12B). For example, the user terminal 120 may select the A node 1110 and the adjacent nodes D, H, and G nodes 1120, 1130, and 1140. Also, the user terminal 120 may further select an I node which is the same node of the D node.

In another embodiment, the node determiner 240 may select at least one node having the same rank information as the current node (see FIG. 12C). For example, the user terminal 120 may select H and E nodes having the same rank information as the A node 1110.

In another embodiment, the node determiner 240 may select at least one node whose relative rank is distinct from the current node and whose rank information is not the same (see FIG. 12D). For example, the user terminal 120 may select the A and A nodes 1110 and D and B nodes representing the higher rank and the G and F nodes representing the lower rank.

The terminal 120 may display at least one node information pointed to by each of the at least one node selected by the node determiner 240, and may determine the size of the at least one node information according to the size of the terminal screen and the number of nodes. Can be set or changed automatically. In one embodiment, the terminal 120 may display the size or brightness of the current node information and at least one node information differently.

When the user selects a zoom-in menu, the terminal 120 may check whether a plurality of node information is displayed.

When displaying one node information, the terminal 120 may not perform the zoom-in function. In an embodiment, the terminal 120 may enlarge and display current node information.

When displaying the plurality of node information, the terminal 120 may display only current node information. For example, when the user selects a zoom-in menu on the screen displayed as shown in FIGS. 12B to 12D, the terminal 120 may display only A node information as shown in FIG. 12A.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of a terminal for displaying ranking information. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 13A, a meta matrix may be generated based on node information and level information. Here, the node information corresponds to a brand name, and the level information corresponds to a price range of each product. The types of products included in the node information are the same, and the level information may be classified according to the price range of the products.

The same link of nodes may point to the same node at the same level, the higher link may point to higher nodes at higher levels, and the lower link may point to lower nodes at lower levels.

Product A has the same price range as products D and E, priced lower than product B, and priced higher than product C. Thus, D and E products are at the same level as A product, B product is higher level of A product, and C product is lower level of A product.

Referring to FIG. 13B, it is assumed that the user selects or searches for 'A' product. At this time, the node 1310 (hereinafter referred to as A node) 1310 which is a brand name 'A' becomes a current node and displays node information included in node A on the terminal 120. The node information may include a brand name, and may further include information such as a product image, an advertisement video, a manufacturer's homepage, a price, a release date, and the like.

The terminal 120 may display a plurality of thumbnail information for all adjacent nodes of the A node. The plurality of thumbnail information may be displayed in a predetermined size on the top / bottom / left / right end of the terminal 120.

The user input unit 220 of the terminal 120 may be implemented as a touch pad. When the user inputs a touch on the touch screen, the user input unit 220 may generate input data corresponding to the user touch input. The user may touch the touch screen and drag up / down / left / right.

Referring to FIG. 13C, when the user drags the touch to the right (c), the D node 1320 indicated by the first same link of the A node may be determined as the next node. The terminal 120 may display node information included in the next node D 1320. In this case, the D node 1320 may correspond to the current node.

The D node 1320 includes information on products having the same price as the A node.

Referring to FIG. 13D, when the user drags the touch to the left (d), the E node 1330 indicated by the second same link of the A node may be determined as the next node. The terminal 120 may display node information included in the E node 1330, which is the next node. At this time, the E node 1330 may correspond to the current node.

The E node 1330 includes information about a product having the same price as the A node.

Referring to FIG. 13E, when the user drags down a touch (e), the B node 1340 indicated by the upper link of the A node may be determined as the next node. The terminal 120 may display node information included in the B node 1340, which is the next node. In this case, the B node 1340 may correspond to the current node.

The B node 1340 includes information on a product having a higher price than the A node.

Referring to FIG. 13F, when the user drags a touch upward (f), the C node 1350 indicated by the lower link of the A node may be determined as the next node. The terminal 120 may display node information included in the C node 1350, which is the next node. At this time, the C node 1350 may correspond to the current node.

The C node 1350 includes information about a product having a lower price than the A node.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the following claims It can be understood that

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A method for displaying ranking information performed in a terminal displaying information in which relative rankings can be distinguished,-The relative ranking is implemented by a meta matrix including a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes representing information. A link, an upper link for an upper node indicating a higher rank, a lower link for a lower node indicating a lower rank, and the same link for an identical node indicating an equal rank,
Displaying current information pointed to by the current node;
If a user touch is input, moving along a link of the current node to determine one of all adjacent nodes as a next node; And
Displaying next information that the determined next node points to,
The neighboring node includes an upper node, a lower node, and the same node of the current node, wherein the plurality of nodes are classified according to a recommendation order, and the same node may select an upper recommendation node and a lower recommendation order indicating a higher recommendation order. And a lower recommendation node, wherein the same link includes a first same link for the higher recommendation node and a second same link for the lower recommendation node. The method of claim 1, wherein the meta-matrix is
And ranking the plurality of nodes in a dual linked list. delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the upper link is
A method for displaying ranking information, characterized by indicating that the highest recommendation rank among at least one higher node. The method of claim 1, wherein the sub link is
A method for displaying ranking information, characterized by indicating that the highest recommendation rank among at least one sub-node. The method of claim 1, wherein the ranking information is displayed.
If the user selects a zoom-out menu, determining at least one node connected along a link with the current node; And
Displaying at least one information pointed by each of the determined at least one node and information pointed to by the current node;
And wherein the at least one node comprises some of the plurality of nodes. The method of claim 7, wherein the method of displaying the ranking information
If the user selects a zoom-in menu, checking whether to display a plurality of information; And
If displaying a plurality of information, further comprising the step of displaying the information pointed to by the current node. In the method for displaying the ranking information performed in the terminal for displaying the information that can be distinguished relative ranking-The relative ranking is implemented in a matrix including a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes is node information, the upper node A pointer (hereinafter referred to as an upper pointer), a pointer related to a lower node (hereinafter referred to as a lower pointer), and a pointer related to the same node (hereinafter referred to as an identical pointer), and when there is no upper node corresponding to the higher pointer, If the upper pointer points to itself and there is no lower node corresponding to the lower pointer, the lower pointer points to itself and if there is no identical node corresponding to the same pointer, the same pointer points to itself;
Displaying current node information and a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighboring nodes of the current node, wherein all neighboring nodes include the upper pointer, the lower pointer, and all nodes pointed to by the same pointer;
Determining one of all adjacent nodes as a next node according to a user touch input; And
Displaying next node information about the determined next node and a plurality of thumbnail information about all adjacent nodes of the determined next node. The method of claim 9, wherein the ranking information is displayed.
Generating a plurality of thumbnail information for all adjacent nodes for each of the plurality of nodes. The method of claim 10, wherein generating a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighboring nodes for each of the plurality of nodes comprises:
Method for displaying the ranking information, characterized in that performed periodically. The method of claim 10, wherein generating a plurality of thumbnail information about all neighboring nodes for each of the plurality of nodes comprises:
Wherein each of the plurality of nodes comprises a thumbnail list, and further comprising updating the thumbnail list based on the generated plurality of thumbnail information. The method of claim 9, wherein the ranking information is displayed.
And dynamically generating a plurality of thumbnail information about all adjacent nodes with respect to the current node. In a terminal for displaying information that can be distinguished relative ranking,
Storing a meta matrix including a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes having an information link representing information, an upper link relating to an upper node representing a higher ranking, a lower link relating to a lower node representing a lower ranking, and the same ranking; A meta-matrix memory unit including the same link for the same node indicated;
A display unit configured to display current information pointed to by the current node; And
When a user touch is input, one of all adjacent nodes is determined as a next node by moving along a link of the current node, and all of the adjacent nodes include a node determining unit including an upper node, a lower node, and the same node of the current node. The terminal for displaying the ranking information. The method of claim 14, wherein the display unit
And displaying the next information pointed to by the determined next node. In a terminal for displaying information that can be distinguished relative ranking,
Storing a meta matrix including a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes including node information, a pointer for a higher node (hereinafter referred to as a higher pointer), a pointer for a lower node (hereinafter referred to as a lower pointer), and a same node. A pointer (hereinafter, the same pointer), and if there is no higher node corresponding to the higher pointer, the higher pointer points to itself; if there is no lower node corresponding to the lower pointer, the lower pointer points to itself and the If there is no identical node corresponding to the same pointer, the same pointer may include a meta-matrix memory unit pointing to the same pointer;
A thumbnail information generator for generating a plurality of thumbnail information of all neighboring nodes of each of at least one node, wherein all of the neighboring nodes include all the nodes pointed to by the upper pointer, the lower pointer and the same pointer;
A display unit configured to display current node information and a plurality of thumbnail information of all adjacent nodes of the current node; And
And a node determining unit configured to determine one of all adjacent nodes as a next node according to a user touch input. The method of claim 16, wherein the display unit
And displaying the next node information about the determined next node and a plurality of thumbnail information about all adjacent nodes of the determined next node. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the thumbnail information generator
And dynamically generating a plurality of thumbnail information of all neighboring nodes with respect to the current node.

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