Patent ID: 8688751

Claim:
A computer implemented method of associating and extracting a plurality of content artifacts from a graphical representation of electronic content, comprising: creating a multi-dimensional virtual lattice comprising: generating a foundation grid layer for representing said content artifacts based on domains; overlaying a standards grid layer on said foundation grid layer for logically representing said content artifacts based a curriculum and state standards framework; overlaying a pedagogical grid layer on one or more of said standards grid layer and said foundation grid layer for pedagogically representing said content artifacts; and overlaying a parametric grid layer on said pedagogical grid layer for parametrically representing said content artifacts based on user defined attributes and a set of ad hoc representation parameters; graphically representing said electronic content comprising said content artifacts acquired from a plurality of content sources within said created multi-dimensional virtual lattice using said generated and overlaid grid layers, wherein each of said content artifacts from said electronic content attaches to one or more nodes of said created multi-dimensional virtual lattice, wherein said nodes of said created multi-dimensional virtual lattice represent metadata acquired from predefined content criteria; receiving search criteria comprising keywords from a user; and extracting content artifacts attached to nodes of said created multi-dimensional virtual lattice whose metadata matches with said keywords in said search criteria.