Appeal No. 2002-1079
Application No. 09/124,540
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to a method of linking together digital information
objects (e.g., hypertext documents) of a digital information space (e.g., World Wide
Web). An overlay, which may be stored on a local workstation, is used for organizing
objects with respect to shared concepts. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A method of linking together digital information objects of a digital
information space comprising:
creating an overlay comprising at least one concept node, each concept
node expressing one concept;
accessing a digital information object in the digital information space;
determining if the digital information object includes at least one concept
in common with concepts expressed in the at least one concept node;
if the digital information object and the overlay include at least one
common concept, automatically and dynamically establishing a link between the
digital information object and each concept node expressing one of the at least
one common concept; and
permitting a user to create an information node in the overlay representing
the digital information object.
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