Patent ID: 6768500
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for converting a document which contains a plurality of text and pictures which is intended to convey information in a traditional, linear format into a new structural document for display in which the text and pictures are rearranged so that the information is laid out in a pictorial representation, said method using a computer having a monitor or other display device and comprising:accessing a previously created document such that it is displayed on a monitor or other display device; selecting picture portions of the document and assigning one of a set of categories to each selected portion for subsequent processing, wherein the assigned category is based on the subject matter of the picture content of the document and said selecting initiated by selecting a predetermined icon on said monitor or other display device; selectively linking said selected picture portions with rearranged text; processing the selected picture portions of the document based upon the assigned category so as to arrange the selected picture portions and rearranged text so they appear on the monitor or other display device in another pictorial arrangement, said processing initiated by selecting a predetermined icon on said monitor or other display device; and creating or obtaining a picture external to the document and assigning one of said categories from said set to said external picture for subsequent processing, wherein said pictorial arrangement is an exploded view.