Patent ID: 7203910
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for organizing and processing electronic information comprising the steps of: organizing the electronic information as a plurality of thoughts; defining a matrix of the plurality of thoughts in a network and further including a plurality of network relationships among the thoughts, wherein each thought may be related to at least one of the other thoughts, and at least one of the thoughts is directly related to one of the other thoughts; selecting a first thought from the plurality of thoughts to be a central thought; displaying on a display direct relationships between at least some of the plurality of thoughts, including an indicium of the central thought and at least one of the related thoughts; selecting a second thought that is related to the central thought to be a new central thought; and displaying an indicium of the new central thought and at least one related thought, wherein each of the indicia comprise a graphical icon that may be activated by a user, and wherein indicia of the thoughts on the display are rearranged upon selection of a new central thought in a manner that graphically reflects the relationship between the thoughts and the new central thought.