Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – On-screen workspace or object
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2005-07-12
Sax, Steven (Department: 2174)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Operator interface
On-screen workspace or object
C715S968000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06918096
ABSTRACT:
The invention employs a graphical user interface to facilitate user interaction with highly flexible, associative “matrices” that enable users to conveniently organize digitally-stored “thoughts” (inter-related information) and their network of inter-relationships. Each of the thoughts may be affiliated with one or more application programs, such as a word processing or spreadsheet utility, or an Internet browser. Users are able to conveniently select a current thought along with any applications or content associated with that thought by interacting with the graphical representation. That representation is automatically reoriented about the selected thought, and is revised to reflect only those thoughts having predetermined relations to that current thought. Users can easily modify the matrix by interactively redefining relations between thoughts. In addition, the system provides functionality that lets the user filter the matrix based on certain filter criteria. The system then regenerates the matrix and displays the filtered version of that original matrix.
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Sax Steven
Thebrain Technologies Corp.
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