Dynamic personalized information organizer
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Abstract
A dynamic and personalized system for organizing data is disclosed. The system provides users the ability to organize addressable information by creating associations between the information independent from the information and from any other previously imposed organization of the information. The associations contain trigger and target addresses, and relationship between the data. A view in the association identifies how to interpret the relationship. Tools are provided to manage the associations, and several applications of the organization system are described such as associating personal notes, serial construction of documents, compound construction of documents, and group construction of documents.
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28. A method for creating associations between data, wherein the associations are defined by navigation paths between triggers and targets, and wherein the targets are used to identify and navigate to one or more corresponding targets, the method comprising:
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displaying icons representing different data, wherein each of the different data can be identified as a target and as a trigger;
receiving user input dragging a first icon representing a target onto a second icon representing a trigger; and
dynamically creating a navigation path between the trigger and the target in response to the user input, wherein the navigation path is stored for subsequent access by a computing system. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for creating associations between different data, wherein the associations are defined by navigation paths between triggers and targets, wherein the targets are used to identify and navigate to one or more corresponding targets, the method comprising:
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providing a graphical user interface that displays icons representing different data, wherein each of the different data can be identified as a target and as a trigger;
receiving user input dragging a first icon representing a target onto a second icon representing a trigger;
dynamically creating a navigation path between the trigger and the target in response to the user input, wherein the navigation path is stored for subsequent access by a computing system and wherein the navigation path is stored with one or more criteria that determine the circumstances under which an association between the trigger and target applies, the association corresponding to a user preference for navigating between the trigger and target; and
automatically modifying the association in response to navigation between the trigger and target. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A graphical user interface for creating associations between different data, wherein the associations are defined by navigation paths between triggers and targets, wherein the targets are used to identify and navigate to one or more corresponding targets, the method comprising:
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a plurality of icons representing different data, wherein each of the different data can be user defined as a target and as a trigger, wherein a first icon representing a trigger can be dragged and dropped onto a second icon representing a target;
wherein in response to the dragging and dropping of the target onto the trigger, the graphical user interface dynamically creates a navigation path between the trigger and the target and stores the navigation path for subsequent access by a computing system, the graphical user interface storing the navigation path with one or more criteria that determine the circumstances under which an association between the trigger and target applies, the association corresponding to a user preference for navigating between the trigger and target; and
tools for displaying the association and for navigating the association between the trigger and the target. - View Dependent Claims (63)
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