Computerized system and method for electronically generating a dynamically visualized hierarchical representation of electronic information

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content providing, displaying and/or hosting systems supported by or configured with devices, servers and/or platforms. The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel framework that enables multiple, alternate hierarchies to be organized, restructured and/or created based on the same set of assets, with each of the hierarchies being ontologically different and catering to wide variety of relationships that can exist between assets. The framework configures and displays a hierarchical representation of assets, along with various properties of each asset, within a dynamically generated and displayed interface. The framework's visualization and analysis can be modified in response to a request, where dependent on the type of request or type of action included in the request, a restructuring of a hierarchy or new generation of a hierarchy can be realized and displayed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computing device comprising:
 one or more processors;   a non-transitory computer-readable memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform actions comprising:
 receiving asset information related to a set of physical assets, the asset information comprising data corresponding to operation of the set of physical assets at a set of locations; 
 storing the asset information within a data store, the storage comprising structuring and storing the asset information according to a defined hierarchy; 
 receiving a request to display a version of said defined hierarchy, said request comprising data corresponding to at least a portion of said set of physical assets; 
 analyzing said defined hierarchy based on said request, and based on said analysis, identifying asset information corresponding to said portion of physical assets; 
 determining, based on said request, an electronic mapping of a path between asset information of the portion of physical assets, the electronic mapping comprising a modification of the structuring of the defined hierarchy; 
 generating a user interface (UI) display page, the UI display page comprising a digital representation of the electronic mapping; and 
 causing, over a network, the UI to be displayed on a display of a user device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The computing device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 analyzing the received asset information; and   determining, based on said analysis, a structure of the asset information, said structure comprising information indicating a relationship between each of the physical assets, wherein said defined hierarchy is based on said relationship information.   
     
     
         3 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein said received asset information comprises information indicating said defined hierarchy. 
     
     
         4 . The computing device of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 analyzing the received asset information, said analysis comprising parsing the asset information and identifying said defined hierarchy information; and   extracting said defined hierarchy information, wherein said storing is based on said extraction.   
     
     
         5 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein said request comprises an action selected from a group consisting of: restructuring said defined hierarchy, creating a new hierarchy, and viewing the defined hierarchy. 
     
     
         6 . The computing device of  claim 5 , wherein said version is based on said action. 
     
     
         7 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein said request comprises information selected from a group consisting of: alarm information, anomaly information, a time, location, type of asset, type of user, type of operation, context, application capabilities and device capabilities. 
     
     
         8 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein said path associated with said determined mapping is a created new path within said data store. 
     
     
         9 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein said path associated with said determined mapping is a modified path of asset information within said data store. 
     
     
         10 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein said request is received from said user device. 
     
     
         11 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein said UI comprises functionality for controlling operation of the physical assets digitally represented by said displayed electronic mapping, said control configured according to said path. 
     
     
         12 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a computing device, asset information related to a set of physical assets, the asset information comprising data corresponding operation of the set of physical assets at a set of locations;   storing, by the computing device, the asset information within a data store, the storage comprising structuring and storing the asset information according to a defined hierarchy;   receiving, by the computing device, a request to display a version of said defined hierarchy, said request comprising data corresponding to at least a portion of said set of physical assets;   analyzing, by the computing device, said defined hierarchy based on said request, and based on said analysis, identifying asset information corresponding to said portion of physical assets;   determining, by the computing device, based on said request, an electronic mapping of a path between asset information of the portion of physical assets, the electronic mapping comprising a modification of the structuring of the defined hierarchy;   generating, by the computing device, a user interface (UI) display page, the UI display page comprising a digital representation of the electronic mapping; and   causing, by the computing device, over a network, the UI to be displayed on a display of a user device.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 analyzing the received asset information; and   determining, based on said analysis, a structure of the asset information, said structure comprising information indicating a relationship between each of the physical assets, wherein said defined hierarchy is based on said relationship information.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 analyzing the received asset information, said analysis comprising parsing the asset information and identifying information indicating said defined hierarchy; and   extracting said defined hierarchy information, wherein said storing is based on said extraction.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein said request comprises an action selected from a group consisting of: restructuring said defined hierarchy, creating a new hierarchy, and viewing the defined hierarchy, wherein said version is based on said action. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein said request comprises information selected from a group consisting of: alarm information, anomaly information, a time, location, type of asset, type of user, type of operation, context, application capabilities and device capabilities. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein said path associated with said determined mapping is a created new path within said data store. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein said path associated with said determined mapping is a modified path of asset information within said data store. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein said UI comprises functionality for controlling operation of the physical assets digitally represented by said displayed electronic mapping, said control configured according to said path. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor associated with a computing device, performs a method comprising:
 receiving, by the computing device, asset information related to a set of physical assets, the asset information comprising data corresponding operation of the set of physical assets at a set of locations;   storing, by the computing device, the asset information within a data store, the storage comprising structuring and storing the asset information according to a defined hierarchy;   receiving, by the computing device, a request to display a version of said defined hierarchy, said request comprising data corresponding to at least a portion of said set of physical assets;   analyzing, by the computing device, said defined hierarchy based on said request, and based on said analysis, identifying asset information corresponding to said portion of physical assets;   determining, by the computing device, based on said request, an electronic mapping of a path between asset information of the portion of physical assets, the electronic mapping comprising a modification of the structuring of the defined hierarchy;   generating, by the computing device, a user interface (UI) display page, the UI display page comprising a digital representation of the electronic mapping; and   causing, by the computing device, over a network, the UI to be displayed on a display of a user device.