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Method and apparatus for accessing related computer objects

  • US 7,159,207 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2001
  • Issued: 01/02/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A graphical display interface portal tangibly embodied on a computer readable media, the graphical display interface portal providing a user interface for interactivity, comprising:

  • a document display area of a user interface display screen, the document display area defining a currently active program object that is executing enables program interaction by a user and displays updated results; and

    a neighborhood panel presented on the user interface display screen along side the document display area, such that the neighborhood panel is concurrently illustrated when the currently active program object for the user is present, the neighborhood panel including a list of one or more users and a list of one or more program objects,the list of one or more users being automatically displayed in the neighborhood panel, each user in the list of one or more users being dynamically selected for display in the neighborhood panel based on a relationship between the user and the currently active program object, the relationship being defined by a metric; and

    the list of one or more program objects being automatically displayed in the neighborhood panel, each program object in the list of one or more program objects being dynamically selected for display in the neighborhood panel based on a relationship between the program object and the currently active program object, the relationship being defined by a metric;

    wherein automatically displaying the list of one or more users and the list of one or more program objects in neighborhood panel provides a viewable interrelationship and an accessible link to the users and program objects that are most related to the currently active program object, as defined by the metric for the users and the metric for the program objects, and wherein the accessible link to either the users or the program objects is presented as an icon, the icon providing a graphical or text indicator of a type for the accessible link.

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