Spatially coding and displaying information
First Claim
1. An interface program stored on a computer-readable medium for causing a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of:
- accepting search criteria from a user including a free text entry query and a domain identifier identifying the domain;
in response to accepting said search criteria from the user, searching among a corpus of documents and identifying every document within that corpus of documents that;
(1) contains anywhere within the document location-related information that locates at a specific location within the domain identified by the domain identifier; and
(2) contains anywhere within the document text that is in response to the free text entry query, wherein said identified documents are identified by a plurality of document identifiers;
displaying a representation of said domain on the display device, wherein the domain is a geographical region and said representation is multi-dimensional map of the geographical region; and
displaying on the display device a plurality of icons as representations of the documents identified by said plurality of document identifiers, wherein for each document identifier of said plurality of document identifiers, a corresponding different icon from among said plurality of icons is displayed within said representation of the domain that is being displayed on the display device, the corresponding icon for each document identifier of said plurality of document identifiers being positioned within the representation of the domain at a coordinate within the domain at a coordinate within the domain that corresponds to the location-related information for the corresponding document.
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Abstract
An interface program stored on a computer-readable medium for causing a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of: accepting search criteria from a user including a free text entry query and a domain identifier identifying a domain; in response to accepting the search criteria, retrieving a plurality of record identifiers each of which identifies a corresponding record which: (1) has associated therewith a location identifier that locates it at a specific location within the domain identified by the domain identifier; and (2) contains information that is responsive to the free text entry query; displaying a representation of the domain on the display device; and displaying on the display device a plurality of icons as representations of the records identified by the plurality of record identifiers, wherein for each of the record identifiers, a corresponding one of the plurality of icons is displayed within the representation of the domain that is being displayed on the display device, the corresponding icon for each of the plurality of record identifiers being positioned within the representation of the domain at a coordinate within the domain that corresponds to the location identifier for the corresponding record.
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18 Claims
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1. An interface program stored on a computer-readable medium for causing a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of:
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accepting search criteria from a user including a free text entry query and a domain identifier identifying the domain; in response to accepting said search criteria from the user, searching among a corpus of documents and identifying every document within that corpus of documents that;
(1) contains anywhere within the document location-related information that locates at a specific location within the domain identified by the domain identifier; and
(2) contains anywhere within the document text that is in response to the free text entry query, wherein said identified documents are identified by a plurality of document identifiers;displaying a representation of said domain on the display device, wherein the domain is a geographical region and said representation is multi-dimensional map of the geographical region; and displaying on the display device a plurality of icons as representations of the documents identified by said plurality of document identifiers, wherein for each document identifier of said plurality of document identifiers, a corresponding different icon from among said plurality of icons is displayed within said representation of the domain that is being displayed on the display device, the corresponding icon for each document identifier of said plurality of document identifiers being positioned within the representation of the domain at a coordinate within the domain at a coordinate within the domain that corresponds to the location-related information for the corresponding document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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