Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1996-04-09
2000-01-04
Amsbury, Wayne
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707 10, 707 3, G06F 1730
Patent
active
06012055&
ABSTRACT:
A software tool providing a single access mechanism for diverse and varied information spaces. The invention incorporates a plurality of navigator interfaces, including: a "How do I?" navigator, an Index navigator, a Tree navigator, and a Search Term navigator. Each navigator operates across the entire information space, allowing the user to find information in any available online source. The user can switch between the various navigators at will. The present invention presents search results to the user in a uniform manner through iconographic and textual descriptions of the information at the other end of the link. The user then selects the information to view. After the user has performed a search of the information space and viewed the description of the search results, the invention also allows the user to perform a "cross reference" operation, the results of which can be viewed using the same or different navigator. Certain embodiments echo the search results from a particular navigator in minimized display areas corresponding to the other navigators.
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Boudreau Dana L.
Campbell Ellen C.
Hoyt Sharon L.
Jaramillo Narciso B.
Shields Michael L.
Amsbury Wayne
Silicon Graphics Inc.
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