Patent ID: 6785667
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for locating data objects in virtual location space, said method comprising:extracting a plurality of data objects from a data source, determining a relationship between said plurality of data objects, said relationship being based, at least in part, on a spatial paradigm, and locating each of said plurality of data objects at a respective location within a virtual location space, such locating being based, at least in part, on said spatial paradigm, said virtual location space including a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension, said first dimension corresponding to a plurality of planes within the virtual location space at which a data object can be located and said second and said third dimensions corresponding to a position of a data object within a plane, wherein said locating comprises assigning to each of said plurality of data objects a value for each of said three dimensions, based, at least in part, on a template relating to said spatial paradigm, thereby determining said respective location of each of said plurality of data objects in said virtual location space, and wherein a first one of said plurality of data objects is located on a plane different from a second one of said plurality of data objects.