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System and method for multi-dimensional foraging and retrieval of documents

  • US 7,707,210 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2003
  • Issued: 04/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multi-dimensional foraging method comprising:

  • generating a working set of documents from a collection of documents having dimensions, wherein a dimension of a document represents a characteristic of the document;

    selecting panels, each panel corresponding to a selected dimension or combination of dimensions of the documents;

    generating for each of the selected panels, sets of the documents in the working set, the generated document sets corresponding to the dimension or combination of dimensions of a corresponding panel;

    generating neighboring document sets from documents other than those of the working set, the neighboring document sets related to the document sets generated from the working set;

    arranging the document sets having a particular dimension or combination of dimensions in relationship to each other in a same panel;

    selecting document sets to be included in the working set, wherein those not selected are placed in a non-working set;

    displaying a recency panel that presents documents within the working set and the non-working set on a time line, wherein the time line indicates a date of creation for each document presented;

    displaying the panels having the arranged document set on a visual display device, wherein a multi-dimensional view of the working set is provided;

    generating, within at least some of the panels, a visual retrieval boundary between document sets within the working set and document sets in the non-working set, wherein the visual retrieval boundary distinguishes between document sets within the working set and the non-working set;

    adding at least one of a visual constraint or inclusion to at least one of the displayed panels;

    altering the working set and the non-working set and the visual retrieval boundary based on the adding of the at least one visual constraint or inclusion; and

    displaying the panels with the altered working set and the non-working set and retrieval boundary.

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