Information management
First Claim
1. A method for managing information in a multi-program graphical environment, the method comprising:
- presenting on a display a plurality of information elements in a first part of the graphical environment to a user;
forming in the first part of the graphical environment a graphical source representation that indicates one or more information sources associated with respective ones of at least some of the information elements including indicating a total number of information sources associated with a particular information element of the plurality of information elements, with at least a first information element of the plurality of information elements being associated with a graphical source representation that indicates a plurality of information sources associated with the first information element;
accepting selections of one or more information elements by the user;
forming corresponding representations of the selected information elements in an other part of the graphical environment; and
storing data in a data storage system to maintain as persistent the representations in the other part of the graphical environment as further information elements are presented in the first part of the graphical environment to the user.
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Abstract
An approach to managing information makes use of a multi-program graphical user environment (e.g., a virtual desktop). The graphical environment includes a first part in which information elements are presented to a user. A user selection of one or more information elements is accepted and corresponding representations of those elements are formed in another part of the graphical environment. The representations formed in the other part of the graphical environment are persistent as further information elements are presented to the user in the first part of the environment. In some examples, information elements may be classified by users such that application of and access to classifications is mediated a privilege system.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for managing information in a multi-program graphical environment, the method comprising:
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presenting on a display a plurality of information elements in a first part of the graphical environment to a user; forming in the first part of the graphical environment a graphical source representation that indicates one or more information sources associated with respective ones of at least some of the information elements including indicating a total number of information sources associated with a particular information element of the plurality of information elements, with at least a first information element of the plurality of information elements being associated with a graphical source representation that indicates a plurality of information sources associated with the first information element; accepting selections of one or more information elements by the user; forming corresponding representations of the selected information elements in an other part of the graphical environment; and storing data in a data storage system to maintain as persistent the representations in the other part of the graphical environment as further information elements are presented in the first part of the graphical environment to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26)
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22. A method for information management comprising:
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maintaining data in a data storage system representing a plurality of information elements; maintaining data in the data storage system representing a plurality of information places; maintaining data in the data storage system representing a plurality of user groups; maintaining data in the data storage system representing privileges associated with the information places, the privileges associated with each of at least some of the places including a privilege for a user group to apply the place to an information element, and a privilege for a user group to determine whether the place has been applied to the information element; applying places to the information elements by a privilege system of a computer system in communication with the data storage system, including restricting application of the places by users of the user groups according to the maintained privileges; presenting on a display a plurality of information elements in a graphical environment to a user, including forming in the graphical environment a graphical place representation that indicates one or more of the places applied to respective ones of at least some of the information elements including indicating a total number of places applied to a particular information element of the plurality of information elements, with at least a first information element of the plurality of information elements being associated with a graphical place representation that indicates a plurality of places applied to the first information element; receiving selections of one or more information elements based at least in part on user interaction with the graphical place representation; and accessing information elements selected by one or more users according to places applied to the information elements, including restricting use of places applied to the information elements according to the maintained privileges. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a data processing system to:
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present a plurality of information elements in a first part of a graphical environment to a user; form in the first part of the graphical environment a graphical source representation that indicates one or more information sources associated with respective ones of at least some of the information elements including indicating a total number of information sources associated with a particular information element of the plurality of information elements, with at least a first information element of the plurality of information elements being associated with a graphical source representation that indicates a plurality of information sources associated with the first information element; accept selections of one or more information elements by the user; form corresponding representations of the selected information elements in an other part of the graphical environment; and maintain as persistent the representations in the other part of the graphical environment as further information elements are presented in the first part of the graphical environment to the user. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for information management comprising:
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maintaining data in a data storage system representing a plurality of information elements; maintaining data in the data storage system representing a plurality of information places; maintaining data in the data storage system representing privileges associated with the information places; applying information places to the information elements by a privilege system of a computer system in communication with the data storage system, including restricting application of the information places according to the maintained privileges; presenting on a display a plurality of information elements in a first part of a graphical environment to a user, including forming in the graphical environment at least one graphical source indicator that indicates;
a plurality of information sources associated with a particular information element of the plurality of information elements, or a plurality of information places applied to the particular information element, or at least one source associated with the particular information element and at least one place applied to the particular information element. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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40. A computer system, comprising:
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a display; at least one processor configured to manage information in a graphical environment presented on the display, the managing including presenting on the display a plurality of information elements in a first part of the graphical environment to a user; forming in the first part of the graphical environment a graphical source representation that indicates one or more information sources associated with respective ones of at least some of the information elements including indicating a total number of information sources associated with a particular information element of the plurality of information elements, with at least a first information element of the plurality of information elements being associated with a graphical source representation that indicates a plurality of information sources associated with the first information element; accepting selections of one or more information elements by the user; forming corresponding representations of the selected information elements in an other part of the graphical environment; and storing data in a data storage system to maintain as persistent the representations in the other part of the graphical environment as further information elements are presented in the first part of the graphical environment to the user.
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41. A computer system, comprising:
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means for displaying a graphical environment; means for managing information in the graphical environment, the managing including presenting a plurality of information elements in a first part of the graphical environment to a user; forming in the first part of the graphical environment a graphical source representation that indicates one or more information sources associated with respective ones of at least some of the information elements including indicating a total number of information sources associated with a particular information element of the plurality of information elements, with at least a first information element of the plurality of information elements being associated with a graphical source representation that indicates a plurality of information sources associated with the first information element; accepting selections of one or more information elements by the user; forming corresponding representations of the selected information elements in an other part of the graphical environment; and storing data in a data storage system to maintain as persistent the representations in the other part of the graphical environment as further information elements are presented in the first part of the graphical environment to the user.
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