Patent ID: 7716256
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon, when executed by a computer cause the computer to execute operations comprising: displaying on a display section a plurality of first data points of a group of data of a plurality of groups of data as candidates for a starting point from where information navigation through the group of data of the plurality of groups of data starts, and supporting a user to select one of the plurality of the first data points as the starting point; providing the user with a first image indicating the selected starting point and a second data point of the group of data of the plurality of groups of data, the second data point linked to the starting point to allow the user to select data to be browsed next on the display section; and providing the user with a global information navigation map indicating all data points of all the plurality of groups of data, including indication of the starting point, the second data point and the link between the starting point and the second data point, indicating interrelationship among all the data points of all the plurality of groups of data, and indicating in the global information navigation map a current browsing position showing which one of the data points from all the data points of all the plurality of groups of data is a data point currently being browsed, wherein the first image shows the starting point as a first level data and the second data point as a second level data by icons indicating attributes of level data and configurable to moving the icon of the second level data to around the icon of the first level data, and wherein the current browsing position and the link that has been traced are displayed by a specific color.