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User interface for bicontextual exploration of a graph

  • US 6,888,554 B1
  • Filed: 05/24/2001
  • Issued: 05/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A user interface system comprising:

  • a plurality of nodes organized into a graph of information wherein at least one node is a source node having focus, and one or more nodes forming a sub-hierarchy of the source node and represented in a view in relation to the source node by inclusion, and where one or more nodes connecting to the focus are represented in relation to the focus in a manner adjacent to the focus, a means for rendering nodes that operates according to a set of parameters that define the representation and position of nodes in the view, such that the nodes connected to the focus are represented in a view in an adjacent relation to the focus, and where the one or more nodes forming a sub-hierarchy of the source node is represented in a view in relation to the source node by inclusion.

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