Palantir Technologies Inc.
Distorting a graph on a computer display to improve the computer's ability to display the graph to, and interact with, a user

Abstract:

Techniques are discussed herein for distorting nodes in a graph based on a window on a display, rendering a graphical representation of the distorted graph, and presenting the graphical representation in window. Distorting the location assigned to each node in the graph based on the window allows a computer to (1) present one or more nodes in a particular area of interest to a user in a way that is easier for the user to select or interact with the one or more nodes, and (2) visualize more of the graph than a simple zoomed-in view. Additional effects and benefits are discussed further herein.