Information Organization and Navigation by User-Generated Associative Overlays
First Claim
1. A method for linking together digital information objects of a publically-available digital information space comprising:
- storing, on a computer system, at least one locally-stored software artifact overlay, wherein each overlay comprises;
at least one digitally-readable concept node within each overlay, each digitally-readable concept node expressing one concept, each concept defined by at least one keyword; and
at least one digitally-readable information node within each overlay, each digitally-readable information node representing one of the digital information objects;
automatically establishing, at the computer system, a link between an accessed digital information object in the digital information space and each of the at least one digitally-readable concept node, when the accessed digital information object and the overlay include at least one common concept, the link being omitted absent at least one common conceptdisplaying, in at least a portion of a web browser on the computer system, an overlay navigator that displays the at least one locally-stored software artifact overlay.
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Abstract
Digital information objects in a digital information space are linked through the use of an overlay. A dynamic association between an accessed digital information object and each concept node in the overlay is established if the accessed digital information object and the overlay include at least one common concept. Links to other digital information objects are displayed if those objects are represented by information nodes within the overlay linked to a concept node expressing a common concept. At least a portion of the overlay may be exported for incorporation into other overlays or for various information processing functions.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for linking together digital information objects of a publically-available digital information space comprising:
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storing, on a computer system, at least one locally-stored software artifact overlay, wherein each overlay comprises; at least one digitally-readable concept node within each overlay, each digitally-readable concept node expressing one concept, each concept defined by at least one keyword; and at least one digitally-readable information node within each overlay, each digitally-readable information node representing one of the digital information objects; automatically establishing, at the computer system, a link between an accessed digital information object in the digital information space and each of the at least one digitally-readable concept node, when the accessed digital information object and the overlay include at least one common concept, the link being omitted absent at least one common concept displaying, in at least a portion of a web browser on the computer system, an overlay navigator that displays the at least one locally-stored software artifact overlay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer system, comprising:
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a processor; a database in communication with the processor; and code executable by the processor to cause the computer system to perform a method comprising; storing, in the database, at least one locally-stored software artifact overlay, wherein each overlay comprises; at least one digitally-readable concept node within each overlay, each digitally-readable concept node expressing one concept, each concept defined by at least one keyword; and at least one digitally-readable information node within each overlay, each digitally-readable information node representing one of the digital information objects; automatically establishing a link between an accessed digital information object in the digital information space and each of the at least one digitally-readable concept node, when the accessed digital information object and the overlay include at least one common concept, the link being omitted absent at least one common concept; and displaying, in at least a portion of a web browser on the computer system, an overlay navigator that displays the at least one locally-stored software artifact overlay.
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