ENTITY NETWORKING SYSTEM USING DISPLAYED INFORMATION FOR EXPLORING CONNECTEDNESS OF SELECTED ENTITIES

摘要

A framework and methodology providing for navigation of the connectedness ofselected entities of a plurality of entities adapted for display on a userinterface.The system and method can comprise a receipt module for receiving a firstsearch request for determining a secondary entity of said plurality ofentities inrelation to a primary entity of said plurality of entities. The first searchrequestincludes at least one search parameter associated with the primary entity forusein determining the secondary entity from said plurality of entities. Thesystemand method can further comprise a search module for determining the secondaryentity as matching the first search request according to a predefinedinclusionthreshold and a generation module for generating a primary connection viewincluding a domain having a plurality of sectors. The connection view can beused in providing a visual discernment by a user of a degree of relatednessbetween the primary entity and the secondary entity and a relationship betweenthe secondary entity and each of the plurality of sectors, such that thesecondaryentity is positioned in the domain in one of the plurality of sectors and theprimaryentity is positioned in the domain in a position related to said each of thepluralityof sectors. The system and method can further comprise a matching module formodifying the first search request as a second search request by substitutingthedetermined secondary entity as a revised primary entity for the second searchrequest, wherein a secondary connection view is generated as a navigation ofthe primary connection view such that the secondary connection view has therevised primary entity and at least one further secondary entity of saidplurality ofentities matching the second search request according to a correspondingpredefined inclusion threshold.