Item selecting apparatus in a system for browsing items for info

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1996-11-29

2000-01-11

Hong, Stephen S.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707104, 345302, G06T 1160

Patent

active

060146796

ABSTRACT:
When various pieces of information relating to a particular page are received, pieces of link information (or items) respectively indicating a link relationship between the particular page and a reference page are extracted from the pieces of information, a positional relationship among the items is managed in a link managing unit, and a two-dimensional map indicating a relative positional relationship between each pair of items is prepared according to the positional relationship among the items in a two-dimensional map preparing unit. Also, an image of the pieces of information is prepared in an image preparing unit, and the image in which the items are included is displayed on an image displaying unit. Thereafter, when a user input an instruction indicating a change of a remarked item, a particular item placed on an upper, lower, right or left side of the remarked item is automatically specified according to the two-dimensional map and is selected. Therefore, a desired item can be easily selected without strictly specifying a position of the desired item.

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"Hypertext Control for Graphic User Interface Application Enabler Products" IMB Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 38, No. 7, Jul. 1, 1995, pp. 27-29, XP000521593.

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