CONTEXT BROWSER BASED NAVIGATION OF PIVOTALLY RELATED INFORMATION FOR A DOCUMENT

• US 20080162505A1
• Filed: 12/29/2006
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Shi Xia, Wattenberg, Martin M., Kogan, Sandra L., Hill, Charles R.
• Application Number:
  US11/618,162
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162505A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to relationship-based information management and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for context browser based navigation of pivotally related information for a document. In one embodiment of the invention a context browser-based information management data processing system can be configured for navigation of pivotally related information for a document. The system can include an activity-centric collaboration tool configured for managing activity objects in an activity-centric collaborative computing environment. The system further can include a relationship model for selected ones of the activity objects, the model defining direct relationships between individual ones of the activity objects. Additionally, the system can include a relationship browser.

Claims

1. A context browser-based information management data processing system configured for navigation of pivotally related information for a document, the system comprising:

an activity-centric collaboration tool configured for managing a plurality of activity objects in an activity-centric collaborative computing environment;

a relationship model for selected ones of the activity objects, the model defining direct relationships between individual ones of the activity objects;

a relationship browser comprising program code enabled to query the relationship model with a pivot activity object to identify a set of related activity objects for the pivot activity object; and

,

a context browser configured to concurrently display the content of the pivot activity object and a listing of the set of related activity objects.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the context browser is further configured to concurrently highlight a portion of the set of related activity objects related according to the relationship model to a selected one of the set of related activity objects.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein each related activity object in the listing is activatable such that an activation of any of the related activity objects results in a display of the content of the activated one of the related activity objects in the context browser.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the context browser is further configured to highlight a most recently activated one of the related activity objects in the listing.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the context browser further comprises a graphical view of at least a portion of the relationship model.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the context browser further comprises a summary view for displaying summary content for a selected one of the related activity objects in the listing.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the context browser further comprises a properties view for displaying properties for a selected one of the related activity objects in the listing.

8. A method for context browser based navigation of pivotally related information for a document, the method comprising:

pivoting a query on a relationship model of related activity objects for a specified activity object to identify a set of related activity objects for the specified activity object; and

,

concurrently displaying in the context browser, content for the specified activity object adjacent to a listing of the set of related activity objects.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

selecting one activity object in the listing;

pivoting a new query on the relationship model for the selected one activity object to identify a set of related activity objects for the selected one activity object;

identifying common activity objects in the listing and the identified set of related activity objects for the selected one activity object; and

,

highlighting common activity objects in the listing.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

activating one activity object in the listing;

pivoting a new query on the relationship model for the activated one activity object to identify a set of related activity objects for the activated one activity object; and

,

replacing the content for the specified activity object in the context browser with content for the activated one activity object while replacing activity objects in the listing with the identified set of related activity objects for the activated one activity object.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating a summary of a selected one of the activity objects in the listing; and

,

concurrently displaying the summary in the context browser along with the content for the specified activity and the adjacent listing of the set of related activity objects.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising

generating a graphical view of the relationship model;

and,

concurrently displaying the graphical view of the relationship model in the context browser along with the content for the specified activity and the adjacent listing of the set of related activity objects.

13. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for context browser based navigation of pivotally related information for a document, the computer program product including:

computer usable program code for pivoting a query on a relationship model of related activity objects for a specified activity object to identify a set of related activity objects for the specified activity object; and

,

computer usable program code for concurrently displaying in the context browser, content for the specified activity object adjacent to a listing of the set of related activity objects.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising:

computer usable program code for selecting one activity object in the listing;

computer usable program code for pivoting a new query on the relationship model for the selected one activity object to identify a set of related activity objects for the selected one activity object;

computer usable program code for identifying common activity objects in the listing and the identified set of related activity objects for the selected one activity object; and

,

computer usable program code for highlighting common activity objects in the listing.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising:

computer usable program code for activating one activity object in the listing;

computer usable program code for pivoting a new query on the relationship model for the activated one activity object to identify a set of related activity objects for the activated one activity object; and

,

computer usable program code for replacing the content for the specified activity object in the context browser with content for the activated one activity object while replacing activity objects in the listing with the identified set of related activity objects for the activated one activity object.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising:

computer usable program code for generating a summary of a selected one of the activity objects in the listing; and

,

computer usable program code for concurrently displaying the summary in the context browser along with the content for the specified activity and the adjacent listing of the set of related activity objects.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising

computer usable program code for generating a graphical view of the relationship model;

and,

computer usable program code for concurrently displaying the graphical view of the relationship model in the context browser along with the content for the specified activity and the adjacent listing of the set of related activity objects.