Patent ID: 6760044
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for converting a document which contains 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 text portions of the document and assigning one of a set of categories to each selected portion for subsequent processing, wherein the categories are one of: i)structural, ii) functional, iii) procedural, iv) time based, and v) event based; rearranging and maintaining the selected text portions; processing the selected text portions of the document based upon the assigned category so as to arrange the selected text portions so they appear on the monitor or other display device in a pictorial arrangement, wherein the selected text portions can still be read after being arranged in said pictorial arrangement; selecting portions of the displayed pictorial arrangement and assigning a knowledge level to each of the selected portions; processing selected pictures within said document so as to arrange the pictures in one of a hierarchical and logical exploded view format, and linking the processed selected text portions and pictures.