TW201322011A - Database for displaying or recording events through time series and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A database for displaying or recording events through time series and a method thereof are provided, which preferably relate to a database for displaying and recording event data with different topics in a single chronology database, and a displaying and recording method of said database. It comprises: displaying a plurality of time marks on a user interface, where a plurality of data blocks are arranged overlapping below the time marks. Each data block includes a topic field and a data field, the topic field having a topic data therein, where the plurality of event data are configured in the data fields and under the time marks fitting to the topic data in accordance with the event contents and occurrence time. Thereby, the event data in different data blocks will be compared for each other based on said time marks, increasing the convenience of data comparison.

Description

Database for displaying or recording events in time series and method thereof

The invention provides a database for displaying or recording events in time series and a method thereof, in particular to a database for displaying and recording event data of different titles in a single chronological table, and a method for displaying and recording the database, and The user interface related to displaying or recording the contents of the database, in particular, the time stamp, the data block, the title field, the data field, the title data and the event data on the user interface.

At present, with the advancement of database technology, users have been able to accumulate and edit large amounts of data in different titles; usually, the database is located in the user's computer, or in the Internet-based remote servo. Within the device, many users can access a single database together, and the data added, deleted, and manipulated by each user can be stored in the database.

Therefore, each user can provide information to the database in a cooperative manner, or integrate and develop the data in the database, and provide each user with a search, read and compare data.

It is also known that the traditional way of retrieving data in the database is to browse through all the data in the database to find out the required information. In addition, the existing database retrieval method also includes searching for the database content by inputting the keyword of the title. And search for database content through a number of predefined headline categories.

However, the event data searched by the above search method is usually presented in a loose state on the user interface (such as a computer screen). When searching for multiple event data of different titles, each data cannot be presented to the user interface at the same time. In the above, the user needs to adjust or switch the user interface to perform data comparison, which makes the data more difficult to compare; therefore, the above problems will be the difficulties that the technicians in the field want to solve.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a database for displaying and recording event data of different titles in a single chronological table, and a method for displaying and recording the same, to overcome the above prior art, searching through the database. The data is presented in a scattered state, which causes difficulties in comparison, thereby improving the convenience of data comparison.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a database for displaying or recording events in time series, and displaying in a user interface includes: a plurality of time stamps arranged in chronological order; a plurality of data blocks arranged in an overlapping manner above. Below the mark, each of the data blocks includes an adjacent title field and a data field, the data field is set below the time mark; and the title data of the data block is located in the title Within the field; and the complex event data, according to the content of the event and the time of occurrence, are located in the data field of the corresponding title data and below the time mark, and are arranged up and down according to the time sequence of the event, so that The event data in the different data blocks are compared based on the time stamps to each other.

According to this, the event data with the same header data can be displayed in time series or recorded in the data field of the database, and the event data with different title data can be adjacent to each other and can be compared with each other based on the time stamp. Yes, the event data of the different title data of the database can be displayed and recorded in a single inter-annual table to improve the convenience of data comparison.

The database of the present invention also includes: the title field is located beside the data field.

There is a time range label below the data block, and the time range label is adjusted to reduce or enlarge the display range of the time stamp and the data field.

The event data includes an adjacent event tag and an event tag, and the event tag extends from the lower opposite end between the time tags according to the length of the occurrence time, and the event tag is selected to display and record the event content. Edit window.

The event tag is located below the event tag, and the adjacent event tags are stacked on each other, and the event tag carries the text or picture of the event content.

The edit window contains text, pictures, audio, video or hyperlinks of the event content, and the edit window has a switch mark at both ends, and the switch mark is selected to switch to the edit window of the next event data.

Below the data block, there is a pair of event editing blocks that should be edited. The event editing block can display and record the event content, and the event editing block contains text, pictures, audio, video or hyperlinks of the event content. .

In addition, the present invention provides a method for displaying or recording an event in a time sequence, including: providing a plurality of time stamps arranged in chronological order on a user interface; searching for plural title data one by one on the user interface, and at the time One of the header data blocks is arranged in an overlapping manner below the mark, each of the data blocks includes an adjacent title field and a data field, and the data field is set under the time mark, the title The data is located in the title field; and the plurality of event data is displayed or compiled according to the content of the event and the time of occurrence in the data field of the matching title data and below the time stamp, and the event data is based on the event occurrence time. The sequence data is arranged in order, and the event data in the different data blocks are compared based on the time stamps to each other.

Accordingly, the event data of the different title data of the database can be displayed and recorded in a single inter-annual table to improve the convenience of data comparison.

The method of the present invention also includes further including adjusting a time range label below the data block to reduce or enlarge the display range of the time stamp and the data field.

The event data includes an adjacent event tag and an event tag extending from the lower opposite end between the time tags according to the length of the occurrence time, and the event tag is selected to display and record the event content. Edit window.

The editing window has a switching mark at both ends, and the switching flag is selected to switch to the editing window of the next event data.

Below the data block, there is a pair of event editing blocks that should be edited. The event editing block can display and record the event content, and record the event content by selecting the event editing block.

However, in order to clearly and fully disclose the present invention, the preferred embodiments are illustrated, and the detailed description of the embodiments will be described as follows:

Referring to FIG. 1 , a schematic diagram of a configuration of a database for displaying or recording events in time series is disclosed. The present invention is shown to display a plurality of time stamps 2 , 2 a and a plurality of data blocks 3 , 3a in a user interface 1 . And the number of the header data 4, 4a and the plurality of event data 5, 6 of the data block 3, 3a; wherein the time stamp 2 can be seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, quarters, years Time units such as the century and the epoch, which can be expressed in the first year (as in 1930), and each time mark 2, 2a is arranged horizontally according to the chronological order and at intervals of 10 years. The time stamps 2, 2a include AD 1930, 1940, 1950... and 2010. A search window 7 is disposed above the time markers 2, 2a.

The data block 3, 3a has a long outline, and the data blocks 3, 3a can be two or more. In this embodiment, the first data block 3 and the second data area can be divided. Block 3a, the first and second data blocks 3, 3a are arranged above and below the time stamp 2 in an overlapping manner, and each of the first and second data blocks 3, 3a includes an adjacent one of the title fields. 31, 31a and a data field 32, 32a (shown in Figure 2), the title fields 31, 31a are located beside the data fields 32, 32a, and the data fields 32, 32a are set at the time stamp Below.

The title materials 4, 4a may be characters, numbers or symbols, and the title materials 4, 4a may be divided into a first title material 4 and a second title material 4a in the present embodiment, and the first title material 4 is located at the first In a title field 31, and the second title material 4a is located in the second title field 31a, the first title material 4 is exemplified by Elizabeth Taylor in the present embodiment, and the second title material 4a is in the present Take the example of Michael Joseph Jackson as an example.

The event material 5 may be an event data related to Elizabeth Taylor, and the event material 6 may be an event data related to Michael Joseph Jackson, and the event data 5, 6 An adjacent one of the event markers 51, 61 and an event tag 52, 62 is included.

Each of the event materials 5 and 6 is set in the data fields 32 and 32a of the first and second title materials 4 and 4a according to the content of the event, and each is set in accordance with the event occurrence time. Below the time mark 2, for example, the content of the event material 5 is on March 24, 1943, when Elizabeth Taylor starred in the movie Lingxi Lace at the age of 12 (see Figures 3 and 4). As shown, the event material 5 is arranged in the data field 32 to which the first title material 4 belongs, and is located below the time stamp 2 of the 1940 AD and the time stamp 2a of the 1950 BC.

The event materials 5 and 6 are arranged from top to bottom according to the sequence of events, for example, the content of the event material 5a is March 24, 1951, when Elizabeth Taylor starred in the film at the age of 19. The information of the sun shining place (as shown in Figure 5), and the content of event material 5b is from March 24, 1952 to March 24, 1957, about Elizabeth Taylor and British actor Michael Wilding. Information on marriage, childbirth and divorce (as shown in Figure 6), so the event data 5b is arranged below the event data 5a.

The event markers 51, 61 may form a small square at the time of occurrence of the event, or may extend beyond the lower opposite end between the time markers 2, 2a according to the length of the event occurrence time, for example, the event data 5b has The incident concerning the marriage of Elizabeth Taylor to divorce was between March 24, 1952 and March 24, 1957. Therefore, the event flag 5b of the event material 5b was marked at the time mark 2, 2a. A specific length is extended between the opposite ends of the lower portion, and the event mark 51b is in a long strip shape, and a specific length corresponds to the time scale between the time marks 2 and 2a, so as to facilitate the user to determine the length of the event occurrence time. .

The event tags 52, 62 are disposed under the event tags 51, 61, and the adjacent event tags 52, 62 can be stacked on each other. The event tags 52, 62 carry text or pictures of the event content to facilitate the user. Search for information.

When the event tag 52 is selected by the cursor 11, an edit window 53 (shown in FIG. 4) for displaying and recording event content can be displayed in a pop-up manner to facilitate the user to roughly read and edit the recorded data; The target 52 or 62 can be selected by the cursor 11 or by the cursor 11; the edit window 53 carries the text, picture, audio, video or hyperlink of the event content, and the edit window 53 can be double-ended. A switching flag 531, 532 is provided, respectively, and the switching flags 531, 532 can be selected to switch to the editing windows 53a, 53b of the next event data 5a, 5b (as shown in Figures 5 and 6).

When the event tag 52 is selected by the cursor 11, a pair of event editing blocks 8 (shown in FIG. 7) that should be edited in the window 53 can be displayed under the first and second data blocks 3, 3a, and the event is edited. Block 8 is capable of displaying and recording event content, and event editing block 8 contains text, images, audio, video or hyperlinks of the event content to display more detailed information for the user to read, as well as to edit and record large amounts of material.

In this way, the event data 5, 5a, 5b, 6 in the different first and second data blocks 3, 3a can be compared with each other based on the time stamps 2, 2a.

A time range label 9 is also disposed under the first and second data blocks 3, 3a. The user can adjust the time range label 9 by using the cursor 11 to reduce or enlarge the time stamp 2, 2a and the data field 32. The display range of 32a (as shown in FIG. 8), to facilitate the user to view the event data 5, 5a, 5b, and 6 in the first and second data blocks 3, 3a in detail, and to have the capability of position preview. When the event data 5c in the data field 32 of the first data block 3 is selected by the cursor 11, a vertical line 12 may appear between the time markers 2, 2a and the data fields 32, 32a, and vertical The line 12 is disposed between the event material 5c and another event material 6a of the second data block 3a to facilitate the use of the event data in the first and second data blocks 3, 3a. , 5a, 5b, 6, 6a.

Accordingly, the event data 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 6a of the same title data 4, 4a can be displayed in time series or recorded in the data fields 32, 32a of the database, and the title data 4, 4a The event data 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 6a can be adjacent to each other, and can be compared with each other based on the time markers 2, 2a, and the event data 5, 5a of the different header data 4, 4a of the database are made. , 5b, 6, and 6a can be displayed and recorded in a single chronometer, and simultaneously presented on the user interface, so that the user does not need to adjust or switch the user interface during the data comparison to overcome the above prior art. The data searched through the database is presented in a scattered state, which causes difficulties in comparison, thereby improving the convenience of data comparison.

In addition, when the event data is a single digital data, the event tag and the event tag of the event data may be omitted, and the event data is distributed in the data fields 32, 32a in a single point manner. Alternatively, the single point-like event data in the same data field 32, 32a may be further connected by a line to form a line graph of the event data; or the single point event data may also form a histogram. Statistical graphs such as graphs, box plots, and double plots.

Referring to FIG. 9, a block diagram of a method for displaying or recording events in time series according to the present invention is disclosed, illustrating that the method of the present invention includes the following implementation steps:

Step S01: providing the user interface 1 with a plurality of time stamps 2, 2a arranged horizontally according to the chronological order (as shown in FIG. 3).

Step S02: Searching the plurality of title materials 4, 4a (as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2) one by one on the user interface 1 by using the search window 7, and arranging the above-mentioned overlapping manners below and below the time marks 2 and 2a. a first data block 3 of a header data 4, and a first data block 3a of the second title material 4a, each of the first and second data blocks 3, 3a including an adjacent one of the title fields 31 31a and a data field 32, 32a, the data fields 32, 32a are disposed below the time stamps 31, 31a, and the first and second title materials 4, 4a are located in the title fields 32, 32a.

Step S03: displaying or compiling the plurality of event materials 5, 5a, 5b, and 6 in the data fields 32 and 32a of the first and second title materials 4 and 4a corresponding to each other according to the content of the event and the time of occurrence, and The event data 5, 5a, 5b, and 6 are respectively arranged under the time stamps 2 and 2a corresponding to the event occurrence time, and the event data 5, 5a, 5b, and 6 are arranged up and down according to the time sequence of the events. The event data 5, 5a, 5b, 6 in the different first and second data blocks 3, 3a are compared with each other based on the time stamps 2, 2a.

The event data 5, 6 includes an adjacent event flag 51, 61 and an event tag 52, 62 extending from the lower opposite end between the time markers 2, 2a depending on the length of time of occurrence. .

Step S04: When the event tag 52 is selected, an edit window 53 (shown in FIG. 4) for displaying and recording the event content, and an event editing block 8 corresponding to the edit window 53 can be displayed (as shown in FIG. 7). The edit window 53 has a switch mark 531, 532 at both ends, and the switch marks 531, 532 are selected to switch to the edit windows 53a, 53b of the next event data 5a, 5b (see Figures 5 and 6). Shown).

The event editing block 8 is located below the first and second data blocks 3, 3a, and the event editing block 8 is capable of displaying and recording event content, and recording the event content by selecting the event editing block 8.

Step S05: adjusting one time range label 9 (shown in FIG. 8) below the first and second data blocks 3, 3a, and reducing or enlarging the time stamp 2, 2a and the data field 32, The display range of 32a.

According to this, the event data 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 6a of the different title data 4, 4a of the database can be displayed and recorded in a single chronological table to improve the convenience of data comparison, and the remaining data arrangement Embodiments such as display, recording, and the like are equivalent to the above embodiments.

The invention is not intended to limit the invention, and other equivalent modifications or substitutions that are not departing from the spirit of the invention are intended to be included in the appended claims. Within the scope.

1. . . user interface

11. . . cursor

12. . . Vertical line

2, 2a. . . Time stamp

3, 3a. . . Data block

31, 31a. . . Title field

32, 32a. . . Data field

4, 4a. . . Title data

5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6, 6a. . . Event data

51, 51b, 61. . . Event tag

52, 62. . . Event tag

53, 53a, 53b. . . Edit window

531, 532. . . Switch mark

7. . . Search window

8. . . Event editing block

9. . . Time range label

1 is a schematic view showing the configuration of a database of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a partial enlarged view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view of the state of use of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is another use state diagram of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a second state diagram of use of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a second state diagram of use of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of an event editing block of the embodiment of Figure 1;

Figure 8 is another use state diagram of Figure 1;

Figure 9 is a block diagram showing the flow of the method of the present invention.

1. . . user interface

11. . . cursor

2, 2a. . . Time stamp

3, 3a. . . Data block

31, 31a. . . Title field

32, 32a. . . Data field

4, 4a. . . Title data

5, 6. . . Event data

51, 61. . . Event tag

52, 62. . . Event tag

7. . . Search window

9. . . Time range label

Claims (10)

A data library for displaying or recording events in time series, displaying in a user interface includes: a plurality of time stamps arranged in chronological order; a plurality of data blocks arranged in an overlapping manner above the time stamps, each of the data regions The block includes an adjacent title field and a data field, the data field is set below the time mark; the title data of the data block is located in the title field; and the plurality of events The data is arranged in the data field of the corresponding title data and below the time mark according to the content of the event and the time of occurrence, and is arranged up and down according to the time sequence of the occurrence of the event, so as to make the different data area The event data within the block is based on the time stamps to align with each other. A database for displaying or recording events in time series as described in item 1 of the patent application, wherein the title field is located beside the data field. A database for displaying or recording an event in time series as described in claim 1 wherein the data block has a time range label below the data block, and the time range label is adjusted to reduce or enlarge the time stamp and the data field. Display range. A database for displaying or recording an event in time series as described in claim 1 wherein the event data includes an adjacent event tag and an event tag extending from the time stamp according to the length of time of occurrence. At the lower opposite end of the room, the event tag is selected and an edit window capable of displaying and recording the event content is displayed. A database for displaying or recording an event in time series as described in claim 4, wherein the event tag is disposed under the event tag, and adjacent event tags are stacked on each other, and the event tag carries text of the event content or image. A database for displaying or recording events in time series as described in item 4 of the patent application, wherein the edit window contains text, pictures, audio, video or hyperlinks of the event content. A database for displaying or recording events in time series as described in claim 4, wherein the edit window has a switch mark at both ends, and the switch flag is selected to switch to the edit window of the next event data. A database for displaying or recording events in time series as described in claim 4, wherein the data block has a pair of event editing blocks to be edited, and the event editing block can display and record the event content. The event editing block contains text, images, audio, video or hyperlinks to the event content. A method for displaying or recording an event in a time sequence, comprising: providing a plurality of time stamps arranged in chronological order on a user interface; searching for plural title data one by one on the user interface, and below the time stamp Arranging, in an overlapping manner, one of the header data blocks, each of the data blocks includes an adjacent one of the title fields and a data field, the data field is located below the time stamp, and the title data is located in the title Within the field; and displaying or compiling the plurality of event data according to the content of the event and the time of occurrence, in the data field of the corresponding title data and below the time stamp, the event data is up and down according to the time sequence of the event Arranging the event data in the different data blocks based on the time stamps to align with each other. The method for displaying or recording an event in time series as described in claim 9 of the patent application further includes adjusting a time range label below the data block to reduce or enlarge the display range of the time stamp and the data field.