Patent ID: 6421066
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for displaying a knowledge map software interface for organizing a plurality of knowledge services for a user, for organizing a plurality of organizational knowledge services belonging to an organization, the steps of the method being performed by a data processor, the method comprising the steps of:(a) providing a knowledge map display substrate, said knowledge map display substrate being divided into a plurality of portions, each of said portions representing one of a plurality of knowledge categories relating to an organization, wherein the location of each portion indicates a relationship between the knowledge categories; (b) providing a plurality of icons for being displayed on knowledge map display substrate, wherein said plurality of icons and said display substrate feature a unified graphic characteristic of common objects as iconography; (c) characterizing each of the plurality of knowledge services according to a knowledge category; (d) selecting an icon of said plurality of icons for representing each of said plurality of knowledge services; (e) placing said icon on one of said plurality of portions of said knowledge map display substrate according to said knowledge category, such that when the user selects said icon, said knowledge service is accessed; and (f) adding at least one boundary divider for indicating a division of said knowledge map display substrate into said plurality of portions, wherein said boundary divider is associated with said iconography and wherein the location of each of said at least one boundary divider indicates a border separating knowledge categories.