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Mechanism for integrated information search and retrieval from diverse sources using multiple navigation methods

  • US 6,012,055 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1996
  • Issued: 01/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of searching an information space, comprising the steps, performed by a data processing system, of:

  • displaying an initial window, wherein one navigator of a plurality of navigators, designated as a first current navigator, is displayed in a current navigator area;

    displaying, in the initial window, respective navigator areas representing others of the plurality of navigators;

    inputting an indication that the user wishes to use a particular one of the other navigators as a new current navigator; and

    displaying, in the current navigator area of the initial window, the particular navigator indicated by the user in the current navigator window, in place of the current navigator.

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