Patent ID: 6775659
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of mapping logical relations between a plurality of data files comprising:(i) a step of, for a first file, defining a selectable first region in a display area and one or more second regions, said second regions respectively representing one or more second files logically related to the first file and being spatially related to the first region, said second regions being defined according to a first scale; and (ii) for each i-th file, where i=2, . . . , n, (nâˆ’1) further steps of defining one or more selectable (i+1)-th regions, said (i+1)-th regions respectively representing one or more (i+1)-th files which are logically related to the i-th file, and being spatially related to the i-th region representing that i-th file, the said (i+1)-th regions being defined according to an i-th scale smaller than the (iâˆ’1)-th scale; (iii) enabling and receiving user selection of one of the selectable regions defined in the display area and corresponding to one of the files; and (iv) in response to the received user selection of the selectable region, performing steps (i) and (ii), again using the file corresponding to said selected region as said first file.