Linking information
First Claim
1. A computer readable storage medium including executable instructions which, when executed, associate information by:
- tracking interaction by a user with one or more potential link targets, wherein the one or more potential link targets are associated with a hierarchal information structure;
populating a user interface of a display with a number of parameters associated with the one or more potential link targets as the user interacts with the one or more potential link targets, wherein the user interface is repopulated as the user interacts with different link targets;
generating one or more paths to the one or more potential link targets, wherein the one or more paths are based in part on the one or more potential link targets;
creating a link to a link target based in part on a user interaction associated with the one or more potential link targets, the link having link parameters including a link path and a friendly name, wherein the link path includes one of an absolute link path, a relative link path, and maximally relative link path and is based in part on the user interaction in creating the link, and the friendly name is automatically applied based in part on a link target name, the creating including one of pasting the link as is if the link is relative and specifies no base path, pasting the link and constructing the absolute link path if the link is relative and includes a base path, and pasting the link including attempting to maximally relativize the link and store the relative path if the link is absolute including adding the base path to relativize the link; and
,storing the link parameters to memory.
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Abstract
Embodiments are provided to create and maintain one or more links or associations to different types of data and other information. In an embodiment, one or more links can be created and maintained, wherein the one or more links provide one or more pathways between structured information. A user can use a link to locate desired information, such as a notebook, section group, section, page, and/or page object for example. In one embodiment, a user can create a link to locate desired information, such as a notebook, section group, section, page, and/or page object, wherein user actions can be used to automatically determine a potential link target.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer readable storage medium including executable instructions which, when executed, associate information by:
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tracking interaction by a user with one or more potential link targets, wherein the one or more potential link targets are associated with a hierarchal information structure; populating a user interface of a display with a number of parameters associated with the one or more potential link targets as the user interacts with the one or more potential link targets, wherein the user interface is repopulated as the user interacts with different link targets; generating one or more paths to the one or more potential link targets, wherein the one or more paths are based in part on the one or more potential link targets; creating a link to a link target based in part on a user interaction associated with the one or more potential link targets, the link having link parameters including a link path and a friendly name, wherein the link path includes one of an absolute link path, a relative link path, and maximally relative link path and is based in part on the user interaction in creating the link, and the friendly name is automatically applied based in part on a link target name, the creating including one of pasting the link as is if the link is relative and specifies no base path, pasting the link and constructing the absolute link path if the link is relative and includes a base path, and pasting the link including attempting to maximally relativize the link and store the relative path if the link is absolute including adding the base path to relativize the link; and
,storing the link parameters to memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system to associate information comprising:
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an organizer component to organize the information according to a hierarchal information structure; a link component to predict one or more potential link targets based on user input, wherein the link component is to create a link to at least one of the one or more potential link targets after a navigation event and the link includes a number of parameters associated with a path to a link target, wherein the link component creates the link to the link target based in part on a user interaction associated with the one or more potential link targets, the link having link parameters including a link path and a friendly name, wherein the link path includes one of an absolute link path, a relative link path, and maximally relative link path and is based in part on the user interaction in creating the link, and the friendly name is automatically applied based in part on a link target name, wherein the link component is to create the link by one of pasting the link as is if the link is relative and specifies no base path, pasting the link and constructing the absolute link path if the link is relative and includes a base path, and pasting the link including attempting to maximally relativize the link and store the relative path if the link is absolute including adding the base path to relativize the link; and
,a display component comprising a computer display to display a user interface and at least one parameter associated with the one or more potential link targets based in part on the tracked input as the user interacts with the one or more potential link targets, wherein the user interface is refreshed with updated parameters associated with the one or more potential link targets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of associating information comprising:
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interacting with one or more potential link targets, wherein the one or more potential link targets are associated with a hierarchal information structure; monitoring the interaction by storing a number of parameters associated with the one or more potential link targets; displaying the number of parameters associated with the one or more potential link targets by populating a user interface with the number of parameters as the user interacts with the one or more potential link targets, wherein the user interface is updated after interaction with a different link target; determining a link to a link target, wherein the link includes a path to the link target and the link target is based on at least one of the one or more potential link targets; and
,creating the link to the link target based in part on a user interaction associated with the one or more potential link targets, the link having link parameters including a link path and a friendly name, wherein the link path includes one of an absolute link path, a relative link path, and maximally relative link path and is based in part on the user interaction in creating the link, and the friendly name is automatically applied based in part on a link target name, the creating including one of pasting the link as is if the link is relative and specifies no base path, pasting the link and constructing the absolute link path if the link is relative and includes a base path, and pasting the link including attempting to maximally relativize the link and store the relative path if the link is absolute including adding the base path to relativize the link. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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