Information management system and method
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1. Computer apparatus for use in accessing and organising information sources, comprising:
- an interface generating module having a graphical user interface functionality adapted for generating a graphical output on a display, the graphical output depicting a plurality of nodes;
a node arrangement software module responsive to information reflecting the relationship between said nodes adapted for arranging said nodes in a graphic representation of three dimensional space, the location of said nodes in said three dimensional space indicating relationships therebetween;
wherein at least one node comprises a link to an information source;
said information source being accessible by selection of said link responsive to user interaction with an input device.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for implementing a computer user interface comprising of a representation of a plurality of nodes within a three dimensional space. Nodes may contain links to information sources which can be static files or information streams. User can manipulate nodes and information sources and can navigate within the three dimensional space. In one embodiment, the user interface can be applied as an alternative to conventional computer desktops.
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45 Claims
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1. Computer apparatus for use in accessing and organising information sources, comprising:
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an interface generating module having a graphical user interface functionality adapted for generating a graphical output on a display, the graphical output depicting a plurality of nodes;
a node arrangement software module responsive to information reflecting the relationship between said nodes adapted for arranging said nodes in a graphic representation of three dimensional space, the location of said nodes in said three dimensional space indicating relationships therebetween;
wherein at least one node comprises a link to an information source;
said information source being accessible by selection of said link responsive to user interaction with an input device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 41, 43)
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21. A method of controlling a graphical user interface comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a database of nodes and relationships between said nodes, wherein at least one node comprises a link to an information source;
creating a data structure comprising a model of said nodes arranged in three dimensional space in a manner depending on the relationship between said nodes; and
causing a graphic display program to prepare a visual display corresponding to said data structure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44)
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45. Computer apparatus for use in accessing and organising information sources, comprising:
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means for generating a graphical output on a display, the graphical output depicting a plurality of nodes;
means for arranging said nodes in a graphic representation of three dimensional space, the location of said nodes in said three dimensional space indicating relationships between said nodes;
wherein at least one node comprises a link to an information source;
said information source being accessible by selection of said link responsive to user interaction with an input device.
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