Software module, method and system for managing information items by bookmarking information items through activation of said items
First Claim
1. An information management software module for managing information items by bookmarking through activation of said information items executing on a personal computerized system, said software module comprises instructions:
- to receive a first input from a user for specifying any of said information items for bookmarking;
to adjust said activation of said any of said information items aforementioned; and
to store said adjusted activation of said any of said information items aforementioned in a storage means;
wherein said activation of said information items is continuously updated simultaneously as said user consume said information items by said software module, and said software module comprise instructions;
to monitor and measure attention strengths of said user on each of said information items presented on a presentation channel;
to measure activation of said information items over time; and
to store said activation of said information item in said storage means;
wherein said software module ranks searched information items, and said software module further comprises instructions;
to receive a second input from said user for search criteria; and
to retrieve and to rank one or more information items, which match said search criteria, according to said activation of said information items.
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Abstract
A software module, method and system for managing and retrieving information items through activation, especially by bookmarking information items, are disclosed. User'"'"'s attention strengths and activation of information items are monitored and measured. Information items are ranked and prioritized accordingly to its activation for ease in retrieval of information items. A bookmark feature for bookmarking information items is provided for elevating relevance or importance of the information items by boosting activation of the information items. Conceptual or virtual container is also provided to the users for categorizing or grouping bookmarks. Combining aforementioned inventive features with a local search engine provides a human brain-like information management and retrieval system.
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1. An information management software module for managing information items by bookmarking through activation of said information items executing on a personal computerized system, said software module comprises instructions:
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to receive a first input from a user for specifying any of said information items for bookmarking;
to adjust said activation of said any of said information items aforementioned; and
to store said adjusted activation of said any of said information items aforementioned in a storage means;
wherein said activation of said information items is continuously updated simultaneously as said user consume said information items by said software module, and said software module comprise instructions;
to monitor and measure attention strengths of said user on each of said information items presented on a presentation channel;
to measure activation of said information items over time; and
to store said activation of said information item in said storage means;
wherein said software module ranks searched information items, and said software module further comprises instructions;
to receive a second input from said user for search criteria; and
to retrieve and to rank one or more information items, which match said search criteria, according to said activation of said information items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for managing information items by bookmarking information items on a personal computerized system through activation toward said information items, said method of managing information items comprises steps of:
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receiving a first input from a user for specifying any of said information items for bookmarking;
adjusting said activation of said any of said information items aforementioned; and
storing said adjusted activation of said any of said information items aforementioned being adjusted in a storage means;
wherein said method comprises a plurality of steps for updating said activation of said information items continuously and simultaneously as said user consume said information items, and said plurality of steps for updating said activation of said information items comprise steps of;
monitoring and measuring attention strengths of said user on each of said information items presented on a presentation channel;
measuring activation of said information items over time; and
storing said activation of said information item in said storage means;
wherein said method further comprises a plurality of steps for ranking searched information items, and said plurality of steps for ranking searched information items comprises steps of;
receiving a second input from said user for search criteria; and
retrieving and ranking one or more information items, which match said search criteria, according to said activation of said information items. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 63)
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47. A system for managing information items by bookmarking said information items through activation of said information items on a personal computerized system comprises:
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(i) a first input means for receiving input from a user for bookmarking said information item; and
(ii) a processing means for adjusting said activation of said information items that said user bookmarked;
wherein said system further comprises means for updating said activation of said information items continuously and simultaneously as said user consumes and for retrieving and ranking said information items, comprising;
(iii) a second input means for sensing user attention strengths of said information items;
(iv) said processing means for measuring attention strengths of said information items, and for measuring activation of information items over time;
(v) a storage means for storing activation information of said information items; and
(vi) said processing means for searching and retrieving from said information items based on search criteria, and for ranking retrieved information items based on said activation of said information items. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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