MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DOCUMENTS LOCATING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method of visualizing and manipulating data on a display of a computer, the method comprising:
- retrieving a plurality of documents from a file system operably connected to the computer, each said document having at least one attribute associated therewith;
graphically organizing the plurality of documents retrieved from the file system along a first substantially linear axis on the display;
selecting a selected attribute associated with a related document among the plurality of documents organized along the first substantially linear axis; and
graphically organizing a subset of the plurality of documents retrieved from the file system along a second substantially linear axis on the display, the first and second axes being organized such that the first and second substantially linear axes are non-parallel to one another,wherein the subset of the plurality of documents only includes documents having attributes associated therewith that match the selected attribute.
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Abstract
A method of visualizing and manipulating data on a display of a computer is provided, the method comprising retrieving a plurality of documents from a file system operably connected to the computer, each said document having at least one attribute associated therewith; graphically organizing the plurality of documents retrieved from the file system along a first substantially linear axis on the display; selecting a selected attribute associated with a selected document, the selected document being selected from among the plurality of documents organized along the first substantially linear axis; and graphically organizing a subset of the plurality of documents retrieved from the file system along a second substantially linear axis on the display, the first and second axes being organized such that the first and second substantially linear axes are non-parallel to one another, wherein the subset of the plurality of documents only includes documents having attributes associated therewith that match the selected attribute. A program, an interface and a system thereof are also provided.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of visualizing and manipulating data on a display of a computer, the method comprising:
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retrieving a plurality of documents from a file system operably connected to the computer, each said document having at least one attribute associated therewith; graphically organizing the plurality of documents retrieved from the file system along a first substantially linear axis on the display; selecting a selected attribute associated with a related document among the plurality of documents organized along the first substantially linear axis; and graphically organizing a subset of the plurality of documents retrieved from the file system along a second substantially linear axis on the display, the first and second axes being organized such that the first and second substantially linear axes are non-parallel to one another, wherein the subset of the plurality of documents only includes documents having attributes associated therewith that match the selected attribute. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for organizing a plurality of music files in a system having a display device and being capable of manipulating a plurality of music album elements and song elements, each music album element having a least one song attribute, the method comprising:
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generating a music album element axis based on a music album attribute, the music album element vector comprising a group of music album elements having the music album attribute and being selected from the plurality of music album elements; causing the display device to display a representation of the music album element axis at a position; selecting a music album element; generating a song element axis based on the selected music album element, the song element axis comprising a group of song elements related to the selected album element and being selected from the plurality of song elements; and causing the display device to display a representation of the song element axis non-parallel to the position of the representation of the music album element axis. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for managing user-selectable elements, the method comprising:
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displaying on a user interface a first array of user-selectable elements; allowing a user to select a given attribute associated with at least one of the user-selectable elements in the first array of user-selectable elements; and displaying a second array of user-selectable elements non-parallel with the first array of user-selectable elements, a plurality of user-selectable elements in the second array of user-selectable elements being associated with the given attribute selected by the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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