Patent ID: 7171619
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing documents using a graphical user interface, the method comprising the steps of: accessing document properties for a document, the document properties indicating a size of the document, an age of the document, and a retrieval time required to obtain the document; rendering a document selection display that provides a document identifier associated with the document, the document identifier indicating, on the document selection display, a correlation between the size of the document, the age of the document, and the retrieval time associated with the document, said rendering comprising displaying a correlation framework as a multi-dimensional grid having a respective axis corresponding to each of size, age, and retrieval time of documents, the correlation framework including indices that provide a visual correlation between the sizes of documents, ages of documents, and retrieval times associated with documents, wherein the steps of accessing and rendering are performed for a plurality of documents using a single correlation framework, such that document identifiers displayed in the single correlation framework for respective documents in the plurality of documents provide an indication of document property relationships between the plurality of documents; displaying the document identifier within the correlation framework at a location that indicates the size of the document, the age of the document, and the retrieval time associated with the document in relation to the axes of the correlation framework to provide an indication of document property relationships for the document associated with the document identifier and wherein the document identifiers appear as plotted data points within said multidimensional grid; receiving a user document selection associated with the document identifier; displaying a document link display within the document selection display, the document link display including a document link associated with the document for which the document identifier is displayed on the correlation framework; wherein the step of receiving a user document selection associated with the document identifier comprises a step of receiving a user selection of the document link in the document link display associated with the document for which the document identifier is displayed on the correlation framework; and in response to receiving the user document selection, displaying at least a portion of the document properties associated with the document corresponding to the user document selection; and retrieving the document associated with the document identifier.