Patent ID: 6618733
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for displaying in a view window information characterizing semantics of relations between objects, the method comprising the steps of:for each given relation between at least one subject object and at least one direct object, storing in persistent storage data that: i) represents first text characterizing semantics of the relation of the at least one subject object to the at least one direct object, and ii) represents second text characterizing semantics of the relation of the at least one direct object to the at least one subject object; displaying in the view window an object node, associated with a given object, comprising a graphical characterization of the given object; in response to predetermined user input associated with the object node, accessing persistent storage to identify a set of relations whose at least one subject object or at least one direct object is the given object associated with the object node, and for at least one given relation in the set of relations, updating the view window to include a second node comprising a graphical representation of: the first text of the given relation in the event that the given object is a subject object in the given relation, or the second text of the given relation in the event that the given object is a direct object in the given relation.