Patent ID: 7562085
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of displaying linked information in a sorted context comprising the steps of: determining an initial set of display elements in a document; selecting a display element from the initial set of display elements; determining a display characteristic associated with the initial set of display elements; identifying an additional set of display elements in the document that are each linked to the selected display element, comprising: preserving spatial relationships between the initial and the additional sets of display elements in the document, wherein the spatial relationships comprise each initial set of display elements sharing its row with neither more nor less than the same set of initial set of display elements as before; sorting the initial and the combined sets of display elements into sections based on spatial distortion rules for each section; and displaying the sections comprising the combined set of display elements with the initial set of display elements in a single composite sorted display.