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Poly vectoral reverse navigation

  • US 7,953,768 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2006
  • Issued: 05/31/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method, comprising:

  • a computer system providing a computer-based interface to a computer-accessible collection of information, wherein said collection of information includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of contexts, wherein each of said plurality of contexts includes one or more of said plurality of nodes, and wherein said collection of information includes a first node that is within a first context and is referenced within at least two other of said plurality of contexts, wherein said providing includes causing a first visual representation to be presented on a display, wherein said first visual representation includes representations of said first node, said first context, and said two other contexts, wherein said computer-based interface is usable to navigate directly from said first visual representation to visual representations corresponding to each of said at least two other contexts;

    the computer system receiving, via said computer-based interface, input indicative of a selected one of said at least two other contexts, wherein the selected other context includes at least two nodes; and

    responsive to said input, the computer system causing the computer-based interface to navigate directly from said first visual representation to a visual representation corresponding to said selected other context by causing the visual representation corresponding to said selected other context to be presented on the display.

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