Patent ID: 6505209
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of navigating a collection of nodes, comprising:(a) selecting a first node; (b) generating a context list, each context including a second node with the second node referencing the first node; (c) displaying the first node and the context list; and (d) displaying the second node of one of the contexts upon a user selecting the one of the contexts in the context list; wherein each context includes a resolution address and an attribute collection comprised of at least one attribute, and further comprising generating an address from a collection of contexts, comprising: receiving a selected attribute collection; and selecting the resolution address of one of the context of the context collection as the generated address whenever the attribute collection of the context is the same as the selected attribute collection; and wherein for each first context contained in the context collection and for each second context contained in the context collection which is different from the first context, the resolution address of each context is different from the resolution address of any other context in the context collection; and the attribute collection of each context is not the same as the attribute collection of any other context in the context collection.