Patent ID: 6401096
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A software menu system consisting of,creating and maintaining an open hierarchical data structure consisting of a plurality of nodes and a plurality of paths that organizes a collection of information and provides the basis for a content menu that enables multiple paths to link to a unit of information in said collection; generating a menu file from said open hierarchical data structure that is cooperative with a software component that displays a list menu in said content menu that corresponds to a sibling list in said open hierarchical data structure; displaying a graphical user interface for assigning a tag to a node in said open hierarchical data structure that identifies a characteristic about an information key associated with said node in said open hierarchical data structure; storing said tag associated with said node in said open hierarchical data structure on computer memory; fetching said tag on computer memory and adding said tag to said menu file thereby associating said tag with an entry in said list menu; retrieving said tag when an end-user selects said entry in said list menu; storing said tag associated with said entry selected by said end-user in a database; whereas said end-user locates said unit of information in said collection by navigating said content menu; whereas said menu system manages information about said tag in said database and generates a report on information in said database.