Systems and Methods for Storing, Maintaining and Providing Access to Information
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1. A method for organizing a plurality of accessible information items:
- providing a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to one of the information items and each node having an associated node strength;
providing a plurality of links, each link representing a connection between a corresponding pair of nodes;
selecting a first node from among the plurality of nodes to be a currently-selected node;
in response to selection of the first node as the currently-selected node, increasing the node strength of the first node.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for organizing a plurality of information objects in a dynamic network. The method involves a network comprising: a plurality of nodes wherein each node represents a corresponding one of the information objects and each node has an associated node strength; and a plurality of links wherein each link represents a connection between a corresponding pair of nodes. The method involves: selecting a first node from among the plurality of nodes to be the currently selected node; and in response to selection of the first node as the currently selected node, increasing the node strength of the first node.
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1. A method for organizing a plurality of accessible information items:
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providing a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to one of the information items and each node having an associated node strength; providing a plurality of links, each link representing a connection between a corresponding pair of nodes; selecting a first node from among the plurality of nodes to be a currently-selected node; in response to selection of the first node as the currently-selected node, increasing the node strength of the first node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A system for organizing information items comprising:
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data storage for storing a plurality of information items; a node creation engine for creating a plurality of nodes, each node representing a corresponding one of the information items and each node having a corresponding node strength; a link creation engine for creating a plurality of links, each link representing a connection between a corresponding pair of nodes; an activation propagation manager for receiving, from a user interface, an indication of a currently-selected node, and in response to the indication; increasing the node strength of the currently-selected node; propagating activation from the currently-selected node to one or more second nodes over one or more first links from among the plurality of links, each first link connecting the currently-selected node to a corresponding one of the second nodes; and in response to receiving the activation at the one or more second nodes, increasing the node strengths of the one or more second nodes; and a node strength tracker for monitoring and maintaining the node strengths of the plurality of nodes. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62)
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