WO2000057257A3 - Method and apparatus for organizing and processing information using a digital computer - Google Patents

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WO2000057257A3
WO2000057257A3 PCT/US2000/006640 US0006640W WO0057257A3 WO 2000057257 A3 WO2000057257 A3 WO 2000057257A3 US 0006640 W US0006640 W US 0006640W WO 0057257 A3 WO0057257 A3 WO 0057257A3
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    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
    • G06F16/954—Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
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    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
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    • G06F16/904—Browsing; Visualisation therefor
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F40/00—Handling natural language data
    • G06F40/10—Text processing
    • G06F40/166—Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
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A method and apparatus for organizing and processing chunks of interrelated information (or 'thoughts') (314, 316, 318, 320, 322) using a digital computer is disclosed. The invention utilizes highly flexible, associative thought networks (380) to organize and represent digitally stored thoughts. A graphical relationship of the thought network is displayed, including a plurality of display icons (330) corresponding to the thoughts, and a plurality of connecting lines (340) corresponding to the relationships among the thoughts. Each of the thoughts is associated with one or more software application programs, such as a word processing or spreadsheet utility (3). Users are able to select a current thought conveniently by interacting with the graphical representation, and the current thought is processed by automatically invoking the application program associated with the current thought in a transparent manner. Users can conveniently modify the thought network by interactively redefining the connecting lines between thoughts.
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