Note taking, organizing, and studying software
First Claim
1. A method of generating electronic note cards on a computer, the computer including a display, an input device, and a storage device;
- the method comprising;
displaying a blank note card screen;
enabling a user to input text in a note text field; and
enabling a user to optionally input;
(a) a link to another file in a link field;
said link comprising an address for a web page, a computer file, an electronic book, or a portion of an electronic book;
(b) at least one key word in a key word field;
or (c) associated material in an associated material field;
said associated material including all or a portion of an electronic book, all or a portion of a computer file, or all or a portion of a web page, sound data, or picture data.
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Abstract
A note taking program is provided which allows a user to take notes on an electronic note card from content being read. The note card includes a list of keywords, a list of links to related material, and a field of associated material in addition to a note text field. The note cards are contained in groups, and each group of note cards can contain note card stacks. The program allows for searching of the note cards and displaying of the note cards in various different formats to facilitate review and organization of the note cards. Additionally, note cards can be enabled to be viewed as flashcards.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of generating electronic note cards on a computer, the computer including a display, an input device, and a storage device;
- the method comprising;
displaying a blank note card screen;
enabling a user to input text in a note text field; and
enabling a user to optionally input;
(a) a link to another file in a link field;
said link comprising an address for a web page, a computer file, an electronic book, or a portion of an electronic book;
(b) at least one key word in a key word field;
or(c) associated material in an associated material field;
said associated material including all or a portion of an electronic book, all or a portion of a computer file, or all or a portion of a web page, sound data, or picture data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- the method comprising;
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10. A method of reviewing electronic notes in a flashcard format;
- the method comprising;
displaying a note card having text thereon;
enabling a user to tag at least one user-selected word of said text as flashword; and
displaying said text of said flashcard in a flashcard format with said flashword highlighted or with said flashword blanked out. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- the method comprising;
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16. A method of organizing data in a matrix format, the matrix comprising an X-axis, a Y-axis, and at least one cell;
- the data being contained in one or more electronic note cards stored in a computer readable media;
the electronic note cards being contained in one or more note card groups;
the method comprising;
receiving x X-axis search terms and y Y-axis search terms from a user;
x and y being integers;
the sum of x+y having a value of 1 or more;
searching the data for note cards which have both an X-axis search term and a Y-axis search term;
identifying which note cards contain both an X-axis search term and a Y-axis search term in the searched text;
forming a matrix of note cards into an array of x*y cells;
identifying which cell in said matrix to which each such identified note card belongs; and
displaying said matrix with note card identifying information in each cell. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
- the data being contained in one or more electronic note cards stored in a computer readable media;
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21. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor in a computer system to organize data in note card format;
- said computer program logic comprising;
means for entering note information in each of a plurality of electronic note cards;
means for saving said plurality of note cards as a note card group; and
means for associating together selected note cards of said note card group as note stack. - View Dependent Claims (22)
- said computer program logic comprising;
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23. A computer program embodied in a computer readable media and being capable of being operated on a computer, the computer comprising a display, a storage device, an input device, and a memory device;
- the computer program being operable to generate electronic note cards and to organize the note cards;
the computer program including;
means for generating one or more electronic note cards;
means for saving said note cards on said storage device; and
means for organizing the note cards in a matrix format;
- View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
- the computer program being operable to generate electronic note cards and to organize the note cards;
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