Click to drag nodes. Dashed links are resolved suits; green links are licensing.
Thomson Reuters published a rather abysmal infographic showing the "bowl of spaghetti" that is current flurry of patent-related suits in the mobile communications industry. So, inspired by a comment by John Firebaugh, I remade the visualization to better convey the network. That company in the center? Yeah, it's the world's largest, so little wonder it has the most incoming suits.
Implemented in D3.js.
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <meta charset="utf-8"> | |
| <style> | |
| .link { | |
| fill: none; | |
| stroke: #666; | |
| stroke-width: 1.5px; | |
| } | |
| #licensing { | |
| fill: green; | |
| } | |
| .link.licensing { | |
| stroke: green; | |
| } | |
| .link.resolved { | |
| stroke-dasharray: 0,2 1; | |
| } | |
| circle { | |
| fill: #ccc; | |
| stroke: #333; | |
| stroke-width: 1.5px; | |
| } | |
| text { | |
| font: 10px sans-serif; | |
| pointer-events: none; | |
| text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff, 1px 0 0 #fff, 0 -1px 0 #fff, -1px 0 0 #fff; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| <body> | |
| <script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script> | |
| <script> | |
| // http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index.php/mobile-patent-suits-graphic-of-the-day/ | |
| var links = [ | |
| {source: "Microsoft", target: "Amazon", type: "licensing"}, | |
| {source: "Microsoft", target: "HTC", type: "licensing"}, | |
| {source: "Samsung", target: "Apple", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Motorola", target: "Apple", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Nokia", target: "Apple", type: "resolved"}, | |
| {source: "HTC", target: "Apple", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Kodak", target: "Apple", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Microsoft", target: "Barnes & Noble", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Microsoft", target: "Foxconn", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Oracle", target: "Google", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Apple", target: "HTC", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Microsoft", target: "Inventec", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Samsung", target: "Kodak", type: "resolved"}, | |
| {source: "LG", target: "Kodak", type: "resolved"}, | |
| {source: "RIM", target: "Kodak", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Sony", target: "LG", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Kodak", target: "LG", type: "resolved"}, | |
| {source: "Apple", target: "Nokia", type: "resolved"}, | |
| {source: "Qualcomm", target: "Nokia", type: "resolved"}, | |
| {source: "Apple", target: "Motorola", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Microsoft", target: "Motorola", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Motorola", target: "Microsoft", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Huawei", target: "ZTE", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Ericsson", target: "ZTE", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Kodak", target: "Samsung", type: "resolved"}, | |
| {source: "Apple", target: "Samsung", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Kodak", target: "RIM", type: "suit"}, | |
| {source: "Nokia", target: "Qualcomm", type: "suit"} | |
| ]; | |
| var nodes = {}; | |
| // Compute the distinct nodes from the links. | |
| links.forEach(function(link) { | |
| link.source = nodes[link.source] || (nodes[link.source] = {name: link.source}); | |
| link.target = nodes[link.target] || (nodes[link.target] = {name: link.target}); | |
| }); | |
| var width = 960, | |
| height = 500; | |
| var force = d3.layout.force() | |
| .nodes(d3.values(nodes)) | |
| .links(links) | |
| .size([width, height]) | |
| .linkDistance(60) | |
| .charge(-300) | |
| .on("tick", tick) | |
| .start(); | |
| var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg") | |
| .attr("width", width) | |
| .attr("height", height); | |
| // Per-type markers, as they don't inherit styles. | |
| svg.append("defs").selectAll("marker") | |
| .data(["suit", "licensing", "resolved"]) | |
| .enter().append("marker") | |
| .attr("id", function(d) { return d; }) | |
| .attr("viewBox", "0 -5 10 10") | |
| .attr("refX", 15) | |
| .attr("refY", -1.5) | |
| .attr("markerWidth", 6) | |
| .attr("markerHeight", 6) | |
| .attr("orient", "auto") | |
| .append("path") | |
| .attr("d", "M0,-5L10,0L0,5"); | |
| var path = svg.append("g").selectAll("path") | |
| .data(force.links()) | |
| .enter().append("path") | |
| .attr("class", function(d) { return "link " + d.type; }) | |
| .attr("marker-end", function(d) { return "url(#" + d.type + ")"; }); | |
| var circle = svg.append("g").selectAll("circle") | |
| .data(force.nodes()) | |
| .enter().append("circle") | |
| .attr("r", 6) | |
| .call(force.drag); | |
| var text = svg.append("g").selectAll("text") | |
| .data(force.nodes()) | |
| .enter().append("text") | |
| .attr("x", 8) | |
| .attr("y", ".31em") | |
| .text(function(d) { return d.name; }); | |
| // Use elliptical arc path segments to doubly-encode directionality. | |
| function tick() { | |
| path.attr("d", linkArc); | |
| circle.attr("transform", transform); | |
| text.attr("transform", transform); | |
| } | |
| function linkArc(d) { | |
| var dx = d.target.x - d.source.x, | |
| dy = d.target.y - d.source.y, | |
| dr = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy); | |
| return "M" + d.source.x + "," + d.source.y + "A" + dr + "," + dr + " 0 0,1 " + d.target.x + "," + d.target.y; | |
| } | |
| function transform(d) { | |
| return "translate(" + d.x + "," + d.y + ")"; | |
| } | |
| </script> |