DESKTOP, STREAM-BASED, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20120331022A1
• Filed: 09/04/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mirror Worlds, LLC
• Original Assignee: Mirror Worlds, LLC
• Inventors: Prager, Randy, Sparago, Peter, Marcaurele, Steven, Gelernter, David, Freeman, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 8,572,139 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/828
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/192 Implementing virtual folder structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/30 of unstructured textual data document management systems G06F16/93
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/914 Video
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/916 Audio
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/917 Text
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A steam-based document storage and retrieval system accepts documents that are in diverse formats and come from diverse application, automatically creates document model objects describing these documents in a consistent format and associating time stamps with the documents to automatically create a main stream in chronological order. The stream, or sub-streams meeting selected search criteria, are displayed in a variety of forms, including a receding, partly overlapping stack with aids that facilitate user interaction.

Claims

1. A method of operating a desktop system comprising:

creating document object models comprising selected information from and about information assets of diverse types, created by diverse software, said document object models having a consistent structure;

displaying browse cards related to respective ones of the information assets in a time-ordered stream, together with glance views related to the document object models of the respective displayed documents, said glance views being displayed essentially in real time in response to passing a cursor over respective ones of the browse cards.